Indian badminton player Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest hit by a male player. He set the new record with a smash of 565 km/h, beating the previous record of 493 km/h by Malaysian Tan Boon Heong. The achievement followed Rankireddy and his partner Chirag Shetty's victory at the Indonesia Open Super 1000.