Ahsan/Hendra in Pole Position – HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings
Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan have regained their top place in the HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings thanks to their title win at the New Zealand Open 2019 on Sunday.
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The Indonesians, who won the All England and were runners-up at the Indonesia Masters and the Singapore Open, traded places with Japan’s Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda.
The HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings will determine the qualifiers to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2019 at the end of the year. Eight of the top pairs on the rankings list will be invited to Guangzhou, with a maximum of two pairs from each member association.
Another Indonesian pair, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, who won the Swiss Open and were semifinalists at the All England and the Malaysia Open, are also in the Top 10, at No.6.