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Saina Nehwal World number three again

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Story Update : Friday, March 25, 2011    11:57 AM

The sensation of badminton gained an another victory in Swiss Open and ,ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the number three place in the latest world ranking.

Saina, who missed a couple of tournaments early in the year because of a nagging ligament injury and then suffered early exits from the Korean Open and the All England Championships, notched up her first title of the season in Switzerland last week.

The 21-year-old now has 69721.2637 points in her kitty and is currently behind Shixian Wang (83506.4) and Yihan Wang (73988.9106) at one and two respectively.

The Swiss Open title was her third Grand Prix Gold title win after Chinese Taipei (2008) and the Indian Open (2010).

The girl from Hyderabad also won four Super Series finals in Indonesia (twice), Singapore and Hong Kong over the last two years.

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