On July 29, the World Badminton Federation (BWF) announced the latest rankings, in which Thai player Kunlavut Vitidsarn, nicknamed “View”, officially lost the world's No. 1 position after weeks of holding the top. The one who took this position was Shi Yuqi of China.
Kunlavut was eliminated from the quarterfinals of the China Open 2025 after a defeat of 0-2 (17-21, 11-21) to Taiwan's Chou Tien-Chen. This result only helped him earn 7,400 points, not enough to maintain the No. 1 position.
Meanwhile, Shi Yuqi played exploded in the home tournament and crowned the championship, bringing 13,500 points, thereby surpassing Kunlavut to rise to the top of the world badminton rankings.
According to the latest ranking of BWF, Qi Yuqi has a total score of 102,317, away from Kunlavut (95,079 points). Danish player Anders Antonsen holds third place with 94,353 points, closer right after.
Despite falling to the second world, “view” Kunlavut is still the great pride of Thai badminton, and maintaining the stability in the top is remarkable.
However, to regain the No. 1 position, the 23 -year -old player will need to break through in the upcoming tournaments, where Shi Yuqi is showing extremely stable and dangerous performance.
Top 10 men's singles charts as of July 31
1. Shi Yuqi (China): 102,317 points
2. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand): 95,079 points
3. Anders Antonesen (Denmark): 94,353 points
4. Li Chifeng (China): 81,078 points
5. Chou Tien-chen (Taiwan): 78,769 points
6. Jonathan Christie (Indonesia): 76,514 points
7. Alex Lanier (France): 67,821 points
8. LOH Kean Yew (Singapore): 66,719 points
9. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark): 66,140 points
10. Kodai Naraoka (Japan): 65,094 points