Here’s a good news for the Indian badminton fans. In the latest badminton rankings, Indian national champion Chetan Anand has reached the 22nd place, up by eight places. 

Last week, in a thrilling tussle Chetan win his maiden Grand Prix title in Bitburger Open badminton tournament at Saarbruecken in Germany. He also won the Czech International title last month and now has a tally of 35750 points in the rankings released yesterday.

It was a moment to cherish for the First Indian Badminton couple Chetan

National Champion Chetan Anand became the first Indian player to win men's singles title in a Grand Prix. In the finals of Bitburger Open in Germany, Chetan (4th seed) defeated fellow player Arvind (7th seed) 23-25, 24-22, 23-21, lasting almost an hour. 

After winning the final, Chetan said, “This is my biggest win till date. It is a four-star Grand Prix event. I didn’t play well in the first game and conceded the advantage to Arvind. Otherwise the game wouldn’t have been this close.”

Chetan was struggling 14-19 in the third game, fought back bravely to prevail.