NEW DELHI: Younger Anupama Upadhyaya has turn out to be solely the second Indian shuttler in under-19 women singles class to win the highest title within the newest BWF Junior rankings.

The 17-year-old from Panchkula, who had claimed junior worldwide titles in Uganda and Poland earlier this yr, changed fellow Indian Tasnim Mir from the highest place on Tuesday.

She has jumped two locations to seize the pole place with 18.060 factors from 18 tournaments and is without doubt one of the 4 women who determine within the High 10 of the junior rankings.

Three different Indian feminine shuttlers within the High 10 are Tasnim Mir (quantity 2) and two 14-year-olds — Anwesha Gowda (quantity 6) and Unnati Hooda (quantity 9).

Total, Anupama is just the sixth Indian shuttler to prime the junior rankings.

In boys, Aditya Joshi (2014), Siril Verma (2016), Lakshya Sen (2017) had achieved the highest place previously, whereas 18-year-old Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian had turn out to be the World No. 1 final month.

Anupama had not too long ago cracked the senior ladies’s High 100 rating and is at the moment positioned at World No. 63 spot.

A product of Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Anupama had a formidable run this yr as she made it to the semifinals on the Syed Modi Worldwide Tremendous 300 in January earlier than coming into the quarterfinals of Orleans Open Tremendous 100 occasion.

The Indian is at the moment getting ready for the Junior World Championships scheduled to be held in Santander, Spain from October 17 to 31.

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