Chirag-Satwik rise to career-high World No. 3 rankings

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (right)and Chirag Shetty. Pic/AP;PTI

Fresh from winning their maiden Super 1000 men's doubles title, star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty achieved a career-best World No. 3 in the latest BWF ranking issued on Tuesday.

The Commonwealth Games gold medallists upstaged reigning world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in straight games to win the Indonesia Open, becoming the first pair from the country to claim a Super 1000 event on Sunday.

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In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth climbed three places to World No. 19, following Lakshya Sen closely on World No. 18.

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