New Delhi, September 02: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today slipped one place from her career-best position of world number two to the third place in the latest international rankings release today.
The 20-year-old Saina had made a meteoric rise following her back-to-back title triumphs at the India Open Grand Prix, Singapore Open Super Series and Indonesian Open Super Series to reach the world number two spot.
But a quarterfinal finish at the recently-concluded World badminton Championship in Paris left her one place down the rung at the third position.
Saina has 64791.2637 points, while Xin Wang of China rose to the second spot after finishing second in the World Championship in women’s singles. Compatriot Yihan Wang is still the number one in the ranking.
–Agencies