CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -PV Sindhu, the Rio 2016 silver and Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist, has a career-best ranking of world No. 2 in women’s singles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viktor Axelsen is on top spot whilst Jonatan Christie is at number two. Anders Antonsen stays at number 17 while Japan’s Kento Momota is at number 23.

Detailed explanation-3: -The highest possible ranking points are 124, 000 as of 2022 but will soon increase to 125, 000 in 2023 with 4 Super 1000 Tournaments. Though the highest points ever achieved are 122, 606 by Viktor Axelsen as ranking points were frozen from 2020–2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -Players are ranked if they have played in one or more graded tournaments in the last 52 weeks. The ranking includes up to 10 tournaments with the highest points earned over the last 52 weeks. Players earn ranking points by playing in, and winning matches in tournaments.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indian badminton player HS Prannoy replaced Tokyo Olympics champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark at the top of the latest men’s singles BWF World Tour 2022 Rankings. Meanwhile, India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu lost her top spot on the women’s singles BWF Tour Rankings for 2022 to China’s Chen Yu Fei.