PREDICTION BWF rankings after the 2022 BWF World Championship will be discussed in this article. Anthony Ginting went up, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto was shifted by the world champion.
The 2022 BWF World Championship has ended on Sunday 28 August 2022. Players who have competed in the event will earn additional ranking points.
In the men’s singles sector, Viktor Axelsen from Denmark is predicted to remain at the top. Axelsen’s 122,606 points is still too far for his competitors to catch.
Moreover, he managed to become a champion in the 2022 BWF World Championship. For the second and third place, Kento Momota (Japan) and Anders Antonsen (Denmark) will still be inhabited.
It is predicted that there will be a change for rankings 4 to 8. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia) has moved up one place to rank 4, as well as Anthony Ginting who has moved up to rank 5. Then, Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan) has to drop two places to number 6.
The world champion in 2021, Loh Kean Yew (Singapore) will move up to rank 7. He will shift the position of Jonatan Christie (Indonesia) who must be willing to go down to rank 8.
After a brilliant performance for reaching the final, there was a significant increase experienced by Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand). Vitidsarn is predicted to push up six places and climb to rank 11.
Turning to the women’s singles sector, Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan) managed to shift Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) from the top of the standings. Tzu Ying has a collection of 110,845 points while Yamaguchi has 109,413 points. In fact, Yamaguchi came out as the champion in the 2022 Badminton World Championships while Tzu Ying had to be eliminated in the semifinals.
Then the shift was also experienced by An Se Young (South Korea). He, who was previously ranked 3rd, had to drop one place to number 4. An’s position was shifted by Chen Yu Fei (China) who managed to penetrate the final of the 2022 BWF World Championship.
Meanwhile, in the men’s doubles sector, it is also predicted that there will be changes from several couples. Although for rankings one to four did not change. The top one will still be inhabited by Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo from Indonesia.
The change was obtained by Aaron/Soh who managed to become the champions of the 2022 Badminton World Championship. They moved up one level to rank 5 by shifting the position of Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto. Then the British pair Ben Lane/Sean Vendy experienced a ranking increase, who managed to beat Marcus/Kevin in the round of 16. Lane/Vendy moved up two places to rank 15.
In the women’s doubles sector, Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan are still number one in the world after coming out as champions at BWF World 2022. Meanwhile, Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota, who were in second place, have to drop two places. The reason is, the Japanese pair had to withdraw in the round of 32 from the event because Fukushima was injured.
As a result, two South Korean pairs managed to move up one level. Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan are now in second place. Meanwhile, Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong are in third place after coming out as runner-u in the 2022 BWF World Championship.
Finally, in the mixed doubles sector, the duo Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari are predicted to move up two places to rank 16. Then there is the German pair, Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau, who have moved up three places to rank 9. There is also the French pair, Thom Gicquel/Delphine. Delrue, who rose one notch to rank 8.
Ranks 1 and 2 did not change. The Thai pair, Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai are still in first place with a collection of 115,400 points. Then the Chinese pair, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, even though they managed to win the title at the 2022 Badminton World Championships, they are still ranked 2.
