Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal jumped three places to a career-best third in the latest international rankings. Saina's rise follows back-to-back title triumphs at the India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series respectively. By virtue of the consecutive titles earlier this month, Saina made a significant upward movement in the chart and is just behind Chinese duo of Yihan Wang and Xin Wang.Saina's previous best ranking was a fifth position which she attained in March this year after becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the prestigious All England Super Series Championships. However, she dropped to the sixth position in the subsequent weeks.In the men's ranking, the Indian trio of Chetan Anand, P Kashyap and Arvind Bhatt moved up a rung to the 16th, 27th and 28th spot respectively.
News On AIR | June 24, 2010 6:40 PM
Saina jumps to career-best 3rd rankings