Ranked number two last week, the former Asian champion (pictured) lost to Indonesia's Rony Agustinus in four games at the weekend, but it was just enough to topple the Dane from the top of the rankings.

Agustinus also improves seventeen rungs to number 14.

World Championship silver medallist Gade opted not to play in the Malaysia and Indonesia, concentrating instead on his preparations for the forthcoming Brunei World Grand Prix Finals (8-12 August) where he is defending champion.

Gade slips just one place to number two in the rankings, with Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat in third, Korea's young star Lee Hyun Il up one place to number four, and World Champion Hendrawan a non-mover in fifth place.

New Zealand's Geoff Bellingham is tantalisingly close to the top 20 after his Auckland International win last weekend - he's risen eleven places to number 24. Singapore's Indra Wijaya is also a notable climber, up fourteen places to number 34, and Niels Christian Kaldau of Denmark finds himself up from 53 to 35 this week after a promising run in Malaysia.

Gong Ruina's Malaysiawin sees her snapping at the heels of teammate Zhou Mi, who remains in the world number one position. Denmark's Camilla Martin has been pushed into third place, just ahead of Olympic champion Gong Zhichao at number four, and England's Julia Mann at number five.

Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn of Thailand improves twelve places to number 16 after reaching the quarter-finals in Malaysia last week.

New world champions Tony Gunawan and Halim Haryanto may have lost the Malaysia title to teammates Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto, but their consolation is that they've knocked Michael Sogaard and Jim Laugesen off the top of the men's doubles list.

Wijaya and Budiarto have broken into the top five for the first time since re-forming their 1997 world championship-winning partnership

There are no noticeable changes at the top of the women's or mixed doubles lists this week, with World Champions Gao Ling and Huang Sui standing firm ahead of teammates Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei, and world and Olympic champions Zhang Jun and Gao Ling keeping Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager at arm's length.

This week's 5* Sanyo Indonesiaand the upcoming Brunei World Grand Prix Finals should provide some interesting twists to the rankings in the coming weeks, so make sure you stay with World Badminton Online for all the latest.