July 17, 2010 10:10 AM

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Saina Nehwal is World no. 2

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is just a step away from realising her goal of becoming the world's number one player as she jumped one place to a career-best second in the latest international rankings. The 20-year-old Saina made a meteoric rise following her back-to-back title triumphs at the India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series, reaching the world number three last month. And after the Indian defended her Indonesian Open Super Series crown to complete her hat-trict of titles, it was just a matter of time that she jumped to the second place. Saina now is just behind Chinese Yihan Wang, while Xin Wang of China is in the third place.Talking to TV channel the ace Indian Shuttler said ranking is not her priority and she prefers to win more titles than chasing the number one status . Saina, who now has 64791.2637 points, will be seen in action at the World badminton Championship in Paris next month and the Hyderabadi admits that her present status will add to her pressure in the event.

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