BWF Rankings: Indian shuttler Anupama Upadhyaya replaces Tasnim Mor to become Junior World No. 1

In
the
latest
BWF
Junior
rankings,
the
youngster
from
Panchkula
Upadhyaya
became
the
new
Junior
World
No.
1.
The
17-year-old
replaced
fellow
Indian
Tasnim
Mor
from
the
top
position.
This
year,
the
youngster
had
claimed
junior
international
titles
in
Uganda
and
Poland.

The
Panchkula
player
jumped
two
places
to
secure
the
pole
position
with
18.060
points
from
18
tournaments.
Upadhyaya
is
one
of
the
four
girls
who
figure
in
the
Top
10
of
the
junior
rankings.

Three
other
Indian
female
shuttlers
in
the
Top
10
are
Tasnim
Mir
(number
2)
and
two
14-year-olds
—
Anwesha
Gowda
(number
6)
and
Unnati
Hooda
(number
9).
Overall,
Anupama
is
only
the
sixth
Indian
shuttler
to
top
the
junior
rankings.

In
boys,
Aditya
Joshi
(2014),
Siril
Verma
(2016),
Lakshya
Sen
(2017)
had
achieved
the
top
position
in
the
past,
while
18-year-old
Sankar
Muthusamy
Subramanian
had
become
the
World
No.
1
last
month.
Anupama
had
recently
cracked
the
senior
women’s
Top
100
ranking
and
is
currently
placed
at
World
No.
63
spot.

A
product
of
Prakash
Padukone
Badminton
Academy,
Anupama
had
an
impressive
run
this
year
as
she
made
it
to
the
semifinals
at
the
Syed
Modi
International
Super
300
in
January
before
entering
the
quarterfinals
of
Orleans
Open
Super
100
event.

The
Indian
is
currently
preparing
for
the
Junior
World
Championships
scheduled
to
be
held
in
Santander,
Spain
from
October
17
to
31.

Source:
PTI