Sat-Chi lose No.1 rank; slip to third

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (right) and Chirag Shetty

Premier Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who pulled out of their title defence at Indonesia Open last week, slipped two rungs to third in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings on Tuesday.

China's Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang are the new men's doubles No. 1s followed by Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, who jumped two places.

The Chirag-Satwik pair won the Thailand Open in May to reclaim the No. 1 ranking but suffered loss of form and made a first-round exit from the Singapore Open last month. The Indians have also pulled out of the ongoing Australian Open.

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