Indian ace Saina Nehwal was displaced from the top spot by China’s Li Xuerui in the latest badminton world rankings issued on Thursday.
Saina, with 79192 points, dropped two spots to third in the women's singles list, and is placed below Spaniard Carolina Marin (80752), who rose a rung following her Australian Open title triumph.
Olympic champion Xuerui claimed the top spot (with a one place jump) with 85217 points.
In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth was the highest-placed Indian, jumping up to third place with 67157 points. He is placed ahead of Chinese star Lin Dan, who has slipped a couple of positions.
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap is the next best Indian at 12th, followed by H S Prannoy at 13th.
In the women's doubles list, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa had a one-place ascent to be ranked 17th.
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