Lakshya Sen jumps to 12th spot in the latest BWF world rankings

NEW DELHI: Riding on his sensational Canada Open win, star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen jumped seven places to occupy the 12th place in the latest BWF world rankings which was released on Tuesday.

Sen had dished out a badminton masterpiece to beat All England champion Li Shi Feng 21-18, 22-20 in a thrilling summit clash on Sunday in Canada to notch up his second BWF Super 500 title. With 54,901 points to his kitty, Sen is the second highest-ranked Indian after HS Prannoy, who lost one place to be at ninth spot with 67,677 points. Sen is also the highest mover in the latest rankings. Denmark's Viktor Axelsen still leads the chart with 1,01,205 points, followed by Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (95,661) of Indonesia and Kodai Naraoka (62,063) of Japan.(Agencies)

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