KUALA LUMPUR: Newly crowned All England champion Lee Zii Jia is now ranked eighth in the world.
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The shuttler moved up two rungs from World 10 in the new BWF world rankings, released on Tuesday.
After amassing 12,000 points as the All England champion, the 23-year-old has now accumulated 69,389 points from 25 tournaments.
The victory at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham on Sunday helped the Kedah-born move above Hong Kong’s Angus Ng (69,270 points) and Taiwan’s Wang Tzu Wei (63,393).
Zii Jia won the All England after defeating defending champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 30-29, 20-22, 21-9.
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Japanese star Kento Momota remains at the top with 109,118 points from 15 tournaments, including 6,600 points from the All England, where he was eliminated by Zii Jia in the quarterfinals.
Danish stars Axelsen (98,486) and Anders Antonsen (94,875) also remain in the top three.
Swiss Open women’s doubles winners Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah also climbed three places, after earning 6,600 points by reaching the All England quarterfinals, to 19th with 47,015 points.
In the women’s singles, Soniia Cheah (38,931) dropped a rung to 33rd , while S. Kisona (25,184) climbed up two places to 60th.
Mixed doubles Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing moved up a spot to 11th in the world with 62,770 points. – BERNAMA