Top 10 Women's Badminton Players in the World, Mostly from Asia

Indonesia's women's badminton team competed again in the 2022 Uber Cup, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 8-15, 2022.

One Indonesian women's singles player, Bilqis Pratista, ranked 333rd in the world, garnered attention for defeating the world's number one women's singles player, Akane Yamaguchi.

While Bilqis's victory over Akane was not followed by wins from other Indonesian representatives—in the third Group A match, the Indonesian team lost 1-4 to Japan—Bilqis's achievement remains commendable.

Here's a breakdown of Akane's global points, along with the other top 10 women's singles players as of May 10, 2022:

1. Akane Yamaguchi (Japan): 109,749 points
2. Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan): 108,800 points
3. Chen Yu Fei (China): 102,454 points
4. An Se-young (South Korea): 101,053 points
5. Carolina Marin (Spain): 95,800 points
6. Nozomi Okuhara (Japan): 95,886 points
7. Pusarla V. Sindhu (India): 92,194 points
8. Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand): 86,268 points
9. He Bing Jiao (China): 80,895 points
10. Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand): 77,454 points

The majority of the world's top women's badminton players are from Asia. Only one athlete on this list is from outside Asia: Carolina Marin from Spain.

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