New Delhi: Indian ace Saina Nehwal was yesterday displaced from the top spot in badminton world rankings, slipping to third in the latest women's singles list. <img title="Saina Nehwal. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/jun/5Saina-Nehwal-1.jpg" alt="Saina Nehwal. Pic/AFP" /> Saina Nehwal. Pic/AFP&nbsp;
Saina, the first Indian woman badminton player to be world number one, dropped two spots and is placed below Spaniard Carolina Marin (80752), who rose a rung courtesy her Australian Open title triumph.
The Indian has 79192 points in her kitty. Olympic champion Li Xuerui claimed the top spot, going up a place with 85217 points.
In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth was the highest-placed Indian, climbing a position to third 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 went up a place to be ranked 17th.

Indian ace Saina Nehwal was yesterday displaced from the top spot in badminton world rankings, slipping to third in the latest women's singles list

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