Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who had a disappointing Asian Games, rose a rung to reclaim a career-high second spot after 13 weeks in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.
Saina, who crashed out of the Asian Games in the quarter-finals, has 63211.2637 points in the recent list released by BWF.
Another Chinese, Yihan Wang, occupied the third spot with 62488.9106 points.
Denmark's Tine Baun (60400.0982) is fourth with Chinese Shixian Wang (60400.0982) completing the top-five.