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Saina, whose previous best on the chart was the sixth spot she attained last year, surprised one and all by becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the prestigious All England Super Series Championships. Saina lost to Tine Rasmussen of the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the event.
Riding on her fantastic show, the Indian gained a couple of spots in the latest list with 58516.7646 points in her kitty.
Chinese shuttlers dominate the top half of the women's rankings with Yihan Wang leading the pack followed by Wang Lin, Xin Wang and Jiang Yanjiao respectively.
In the men's rankings, Chetan Anand dropped a rung to 10th but P Kashyap gained one spot to be 29th. Arvind Bhat remained static at 36th but Anup Sridhar slipped to 40th, a loss of one position. In the mixed doubles rankings, Jwala Gutta and V Diju's pair slipped one spot to 10th in the latest list.
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Hai Saina. Hearty congratulations for ur victory.Hope and wishing u to come in top 3.Eagerly waiting to hear ur next victory.Hope u had a great day on 17 and 18 of mar.its nice to hear that u r the first Indian to enter the semis and lot more.CONGRATS AGAIN
India is proud of you :) Wish badminton is included in next Olympics and we can think of more Golds...
wish u more achivement in future
Congratulation to Saina. The Nation is proud of her achievements in the field of sports, especially coming from a sportsperson who has been hardly given due importance or ever have been pampered by our media and the sports bodies. In contrast to her, the media always focussed more on Sania Mirza, though she did not attain as much height in world ranking as Saina has achieved. That, in a sense, might have proved as blessing in disguise for Saina as she was not distracted by fame and glory which the media attention brings. Carry on Saina, till you become No.1 in world ranking. We all pray and wish you would achieve it some day.