Men's Doubles BWF World Ranking After the 2023 China Masters: Fajar/Rian Drop to 5th Place

The 2023 China Masters badminton championship concluded on Sunday, November 26, 2023. Indonesia sent 14 representatives to compete in the "Bamboo Curtain" country.

One of the Indonesian contingents participating in the tournament was the men's doubles pair Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian.

They failed to advance to the quarter-finals after being defeated by the host country's pair, Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi, with a score of 11-21 and 16-21 at the Shenzhen Bay Gymnasium, China, on Thursday, November 23, 2023.

The defeat of the pair, familiarly known as Fajar/Rian, affected their world ranking.

Based on the latest ranking released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on November 28, 2023, Fajar/Rian dropped one place to fifth in the world with 86,829 points.

A similar fate befell the pair Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan after being eliminated in the first round of the China Masters 2023. This pair dropped one position to 10th place with 70,780 points.

Meanwhile, the world's number one ranking in the men's doubles category is still occupied by players from China, Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang. This pair emerged as the winners of the China Masters 2023 with a total of 94,391 points.

The following are the points obtained in the BWF men's doubles ranking as of November 28, 2023:

1. Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang (China): 94,391 points
2. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (India): 90,761 points
3. Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia): 88,164 points
4. Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark): 87,359 points
5. Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian (Indonesia): 86,829 points
6. Kang Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae (South Korea): 83,255 points
7. Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi (Japan): 79,421 points
8. Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi (China): 78,238 points
9. Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin (Taipei): 70,998 points
10. Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan (Indonesia): 70,780 points

(See also: BWF Men's Singles Ranking after Japan Masters 2023, Jonatan Christie Enters Top 3)