Momota Kento.

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[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] The BWF World Badminton Federation (BWF) announced the latest rankings today. Taiwan’s first sister Tai Tzu-ying and first brother Zhou Tiancheng ranked at the same level, but former Japanese tennis champion Momota Kento dropped to 22nd. This is also his ranking in 2018. It fell out of the top 20 in the world for the first time after March.

In the men's singles, Axelsen is firmly in the top spot with 114,156. The biggest highlight of the top ten is that Chris squeezed out Ginting by winning the Indonesian Masters last week and became the first brother in Indonesia. He rose from No. 3 to No. 3 in his career 2, while Zhou Tiancheng remained at No. 5, and Wang Ziwei dropped to No. 24.

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Kento Momota has become the "Fourth Brother" in Japan. Isao Naraoka ranks 7th, Kanta Tsunemoto 13th, and Kenta Nishimoto 14th. Momota's ranking drops from 19th to 22nd due to two round trips in the new season , the last time he was outside the 20th place was the 26th place on March 22, 2018. At that time, he returned after his gambling suspension and worked hard to sprint for points.

In women's singles, Akane Yamaguchi is behind the ball. An Xiying, who won the Indonesian Masters last week, is still ranked second, followed by Dai Ziying, Chen Yufei of China, He Bingjiao, and Spain's Marlene Sheng. to No. 7.

Xu Wenqi rose to 16th and Bai Yupo 32nd.

"Yang Roulu" Yang Bohan and Lu Jingyao ranked 14th in the men's doubles world, while "Lin Yang Pei" Li Yang and Wang Qilin fell to 17th.

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