Malaysia's independent men's doubles shuttlers Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani are now ranked world number one in the world based on the Badminton World Federation ranking released on Tuesday (May 27).
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00:00Malaysia's men's doubles pair of Goh Sefei and Noor Izuddin Rumsani has risen to the world number one spot in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.
00:11The rankings released on Tuesday showed that the Malaysians climbed from the number two spot to the top with 91,090 points,
00:19overtaking Kim Astrup Anders Skarup Rasmussen after the Danes failed to defend their title at the Malaysia Masters last week.
00:27The pair is the first Malaysian men's doubles pair to reach world number one since Goh Fi Shem and Tanwi Keong in 2016.
00:35Sefei and Noor Izuddin rose to prominence after winning the Japan Open, China Open and Arctic Open in the second half of last year.
00:42They finished their remarkable season as runners-up in the year-ending World Tour Finals.
00:47This year, they have struggled with their form and only won the India Open in January.
00:52They failed to go beyond the quarter-finals in their five other tournaments.
00:56Meanwhile, the national pair of Aaron Chia and So Wu Yik stayed as world number three,
01:01while Malaysia Masters champions Man Wei Chong and T Kai Woon climbed to the seventh spot.