<p>India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has gained a place to fourth in the world badminton rankings. <br /><br />Saina swapped places with China's Shixian Wang in the latest rankings announced Wednesday by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).<br /><br />Saina currently has 76331.7444 points, 300 more than Shixian, who missed the Olympics as only three players from a nation are eligible to play. </p>.<p><object><param /><param /><embed src="http://ventunotech.akamai-http.edgesuite.net/vtn_player_2.swf?vID=Kzk4MjU5fHwxMDc2fHxudWxsfHwxLDEsMQ==" /></object><br /><br />Parupalli Kashyap, who reached the quarterfinals in the men's singles at London, rose two places to a career-best 19th with 44126.69 points.<br /><br />Women's doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa jumped three places to 17th despite going out at the group stage in London.<br /><br />In the mixed doubles, Jwala and her partner V Diju retained their 13th spot.</p>
<p>India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has gained a place to fourth in the world badminton rankings. <br /><br />Saina swapped places with China's Shixian Wang in the latest rankings announced Wednesday by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).<br /><br />Saina currently has 76331.7444 points, 300 more than Shixian, who missed the Olympics as only three players from a nation are eligible to play. </p>.<p><object><param /><param /><embed src="http://ventunotech.akamai-http.edgesuite.net/vtn_player_2.swf?vID=Kzk4MjU5fHwxMDc2fHxudWxsfHwxLDEsMQ==" /></object><br /><br />Parupalli Kashyap, who reached the quarterfinals in the men's singles at London, rose two places to a career-best 19th with 44126.69 points.<br /><br />Women's doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa jumped three places to 17th despite going out at the group stage in London.<br /><br />In the mixed doubles, Jwala and her partner V Diju retained their 13th spot.</p>