Saina drops to world No. 4, Sindhu static in BWF rankings

India's ace woman shuttler Saina Nehwal has dropped a rung to the fourth position in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

Saina, who advanced to the women's singles quarterfinal at the ongoing World Championships in Guangzhou, was overtaken by Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon.

Saina's compatriot P V Sindhu managed to retain her 12th position in the world rankings.

In the men's singles rankings, Parupalli Kashyap slipped four places to the 17th spot while R M V Gurusaidutt jumped a spot to a career-best 20th position. Ajay Jayaram, who crashed out in the second round of the World Championships, was static at 24th position.
 

Among other men's singles players, Sourabh Verma, B Sai Praneeth, K Srikanth, Anand Pawar are ranked between 36th to 39th positions while H S Prannoy has jumped five places to the 46th spot,

However, no Indian features in the top-25 of the doubles rankings in any category.