New Delhi, March 18, 2010 (PTI) - Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal touched a new high as she zoomed into the top-five of the world rankings at a career-best fifth spot following her stupendous show in the All-England Badminton Championships earlier this month.
Saina, whose previous best on the chart was the sixth spot she attained last year, surprised one and all by becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the prestigious All-England Super Series Championships.
Saina lost to Tine Rasmussen of the Netherlands in the semifinals of the event.
Riding on her fantastic show, the Indian gained a couple of spots in the latest list with 58516.7646 points in her kitty.
Chinese shuttlers dominate the top half of the women’s rankings with Yihan Wang leading the pack followed by Wang Lin, Xin Wang and Jiang Yanjiao respectively.
In the men’s rankings, Chetan Anand dropped a rung to 10th but P Kashyap gained one spot to be 29th. Arvind Bhat remained static at 36th but Anup Sridhar slipped to 40th, a loss of one position. In the mixed doubles rankings, Jwala Gutta and V Diju’s pair slipped one spot to 10th in the latest list.
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