New Delhi, June 30: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal rose one place to the No. 5 spot in women's singles while women's doubles combination of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa slipped 4 places to be placed 20th in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings which were released on Thursday (June 30).
Saina, who recently clinched her second Australian Open title after beating Chinese Sun Yu, exchanged places with Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, who now occupies the sixth spot in the table led by Spain's Carolina Marin.