India's top-ranked shuttler HS Prannoy beat the former champion Loh Kean Yew by 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 to enter the quarter-final round today.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have soared to their career-best World No. 2 position after the latest movement in the BWF rankings.
BWF Rankings: India's ace shuttler Lakshya Sen has reached a career high ranking of 6th in the latest BWF Men's rankings while PV Sindhu has returned back to the Top 5
BWF World Championships: Chirag Shetty and Satwiksai Raj Rankireddy Quarter-finals with a dominating win over the duo of Jeppe and Lasse.
Sen has risen remarkably over the last few months in the BWF rankings riding on his impressive performances on the world stage.
The Badminton World Federation has suspended world rankings due to the suspension of tournaments amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
There have been growing calls for freezing the world rankings with Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth, Parupalli Kashyap and H S Prannoy expressing their concern.
The BWF had suspended all HSBC BWF World Tour events post the All England Championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there were calls for the extension of the Olympic qualification period which falls on April 28.
BAI and the Badminton World Federation (BWF) had issued a joint statement on Wednesday, informing that the event will be held without any spectators due to the global novel coronavirus outbreak.
Sourabh Verma had a decent season in which he claimed two BWF Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam and also won the Slovenia International series in May.
The Indian duo had broken into the top 10 for the first time in August following its historic triumph at the Thailand Open BWF Super Tour 500 event.
Indian shuttler PV Sindhu dropped to sixth position following poor outings in the China Open and Korea Open, but Parupalli Kashyap jumped to 25th position after the semifinal finish in Korea.
World number 6 Sindhu will next face China's Cai Yanyan, a 2017 BWF World Junior Championships bronze medallist.
Sindhu, who is currently competing at the French Open in Paris, jumped one spot to stay one spot behind Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying, who continues to dominate the rankings.
After recovering from foot warts, Prannoy produced some sensational badminton to reach his maiden quarterfinals of the All England Championship that saw him jump four places and regain the world no. 12 spot in BWF rankings.
Srikanth, who skipped the China Open and Hong Kong Open to recover from a mild strain, will be back in action at the Dubai Super Series Final, starting next week.
Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying retained her top spot. London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal was static at the 12th spot.
Meanwhile, P V Sindhu, World Championship silver medallist remained static at 4th position in the latest BWF rankings.
Other Indian shuttlers - Saina Nehwal (16th), B Sai Praneeth (19th), H S Prannoy (15th) and Ajay Jayaram (17th) remained static in their respective positions in the latest BWF rankings.
A valiant Saina Nehwal today bowed out of the Hong Kong open battling against Cheung Ngan Yi 8-21, 21-18, 19-21 in a match which lasted over one hour. After the loss, Saina and has slipped
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