IOS will manage the Olympic bronze medallist’s endorsements, appearances, brand profiling, patents, licensing and digital rights, images, visibility on social networking sites. Her rankings dropped but again was stood at the leaderboard in May and the August rankings makes her hold numero uno position for third time.
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It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women’s singles final to Spanish top seed and title holder Carolina Marin to settle for the silver at the World Championships on Sunday. “All these happened only as I moved to Bangalore”, Saina said after returning from World Championship in Jakarta, where she lost to Spain’s Carolina Marin in final.
Ahead of the World Championships, Saina had two disappointing outings at the Australian Open and Indonesia Open, where she was knocked out in the quarter-final stage, losing on both occasions to Wang Shixian of China.
An early exit at the Worlds resulted in Kidambi Srikanth dropping a spot to No. 4 in the men’s singles rankings while H.S. Prannoy retained the No. 12 spot.
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Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa meanwhile entered the top 10 world rankings in doubles section. However, 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap jumped two places to be ranked No.8. Legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone won the bronze in 1983.
