<p>Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal's stay at the top of the table was cut short as she dropped a place to be World No. 2 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Olympic bronze-medallist had reached a career best World No.1 last week but owing to her loss in the Malaysia Open Super Series Premier semifinals, Saina dropped a position in the list.<br /><br />She lost to the reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui, who regained the top spot.<br />The shuttler from Hyderabad became the first Indian woman to reach the numero uno position after winning the India Open title last month.<br /><br />She has currently opted out of the ongoing Singapore Open to prepare for the gruelling season ahead.<br /><br />Meanwhile, P V Sindhu, who has not been playing for some time due to an injury, managed to retain her No. 9 ranking.<br /><br />In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth has also maintained his No.4 position to remain the highest-ranked Indian male.<br /><br />H S Prannoy has also remained at No.14, while Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap climbed up two places to be at No.15.<br /><br />The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also gained a place to be ranked No.18 in women's doubles.</p>
<p>Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal's stay at the top of the table was cut short as she dropped a place to be World No. 2 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Olympic bronze-medallist had reached a career best World No.1 last week but owing to her loss in the Malaysia Open Super Series Premier semifinals, Saina dropped a position in the list.<br /><br />She lost to the reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui, who regained the top spot.<br />The shuttler from Hyderabad became the first Indian woman to reach the numero uno position after winning the India Open title last month.<br /><br />She has currently opted out of the ongoing Singapore Open to prepare for the gruelling season ahead.<br /><br />Meanwhile, P V Sindhu, who has not been playing for some time due to an injury, managed to retain her No. 9 ranking.<br /><br />In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth has also maintained his No.4 position to remain the highest-ranked Indian male.<br /><br />H S Prannoy has also remained at No.14, while Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap climbed up two places to be at No.15.<br /><br />The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also gained a place to be ranked No.18 in women's doubles.</p>