With this huge feat, the 17-year-old Anupama now becomes the sixth Indian shuttler to top the badminton junior world rankings. Earlier 5 young Indians have put their mark on the top spot of BWF Junior world ranking. Aditya Sharma who became World No. 1 in 2014, followed by Siril Verma in 2016, CWG gold medalist, Lakshya Sen in 2017, Tasnim Mir in 2022, and Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian also secured the World No. 1 spot just a few weeks back. Along with Anupama three other Indian female shuttlers are also a part of the Top 10 BWF Junior world ranking. They are Tasnim Mir (2nd), Anwesha Gowda (6th), and Unnati Hooda (9th).
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