Indian ace shuttler, HS Prannoy has moved up to a career-best ranking of eight after winning bronze at the Asian Championships, as per the latest BWF rankings that was released on Thursday. Apart from him, Kidambi Srikanth has moved two spots up to No. 3 while Sai Praneeth moved up to No. 18.

It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers in the Badminton Asia Championship as Saina Nehwal qualified for the semi-finals while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their respective quarterfinal matches. Sindhu lost to Korean Sung Ji Hyun while Srikanth was knocked out by Lee Chong Wei.