Saina in top-five of world rankings

New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal
touched a new high on Thursday 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
semi-finals 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. PTI PM
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