New Delhi: London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal with 80091.7444 points, climbed a spot to attain her career best second ranking in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday.

The Hyderabadi shuttler Indian, who is currently competing in the Malaysia Open Super Series, is behind Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China by a huge margin as the Chinese is way ahead with 94626.7153 points.

Meanwhile, Parupalli Kashyap also gained a position to reach a career-high 10th spot. Kashyap, who was 11th in the previous rankings, has 51986.6900 points and is the only Indian in the top-25 of the BWF list.

Among other prominent players, rising woman player P V Sindhu, rose a rung to 16th with 43116.8667 points. In the men`s list, the next Indian after Kashyap is Ajay Jayaram at the 31st spot. Jayaram dropped one position in the latest rankings with 37692.0000 points.

By Indian Sports News Network