Saina Nehwal jumps two spots in World rankings; Sindhu holds No. 10

Saina, who had slipped to No. 8 from No.2 in the first half of the year, finally seemed to have found her game at the Australian Open last week. Defeating in-form Ratchanok Intanon and Wang Yihan along the way, she played an aggressive game to lift the title. The win has taken her to the No. 6 spot on the rankings, while Carolina Marin leads the field with a big margin at the top ahead of Wang Yihan.

PV Sindhu, who has had an indifferent season, managed to maintain her No. 10 ranking.

In the men's rankings, Kidambi Srikanth moved up two places although he is yet to taste reasonable success on the court. Ajay Jayaram, who had decided to give the Australian Open the pass, slipped three places to the 24th spot, and H S Prannoy, recovering from an injury, also lost four places to take the 28th spot.

Lee Chong Wei, who took over the No. 1 spot from Chen Long last week, kept the spot with Chen Long in the second. Chong Wei's rapid ascent after the return from a doping ban should temper the Olympic Gold hopes of quite a few in the fray.

In the men's doubles rankings, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy slipped down one place to the World No. 21 spot, while the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also dropped down to World No. 16.

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