New Delhi: Despite taking a break from the circuit, Sania Mirza’s world ranking continued to improve for the second successive week when she climbed two spots to No. 37 in the latest WTA Tour rankings.
Sania, who is keeping off the courts to recover from injury, has 516.75 points and climbed at the expense of Mara Santangelo, who lost three places to land at 38.
There was good news for the Hyderabadi girl in the doubles rankings as well as she jumped one spot to reach No. 37.
Among other Indians, Shikha Uberoi climbed four places to reach 178, while Isha Lakhani gained three places to No. 363. Ankita Bhambri fell three spots to No. 335.
On the men’s front, Leander Paes climbed one spot to ninth, while Mahesh Bhupathi dropped six places to 28th in the doubles rankings.
Roger Federer retained his world No. 1 spot, followed by Rafael Nadal. Among the women, the top three slots were held by Amelie Mauresmo,Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova, respectively.
TOP 10
(Last week’s rankings in brackets)
ATP Tour — 1. (1) Roger Federer (Sui, 7160); 2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Esp, 4135); 3. (4) David Nalbandian (Arg, 2845); 4. (3) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro, 2665); 5. (5) Andy Roddick (US, 2515); 6. (6) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus, 2495); 7. (7) James Blake (US, 1910); 8. (8) Gaston Gaudio (Arg, 1800); 9. (10) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi, 1640); 10. (12) Tommy Robredo (Esp, 1630).
WTA Tour — 1. (1) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra, 3437); 2. (2) Kim Clijsters (Bel, 3048); 3. (3) Maria Sharapova (Rus, 2678); 4. (4) Nadia Petrova (Rus, 2369); 5. (6) Mary Pierce (Fra, 2344); 6. (7) Lindsay Davenport (US, 2254); 7. (5) Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel, 2198); 8. (9) Elena Dementieva (Rus, 1964); 9. (8) Patty Schnyder (Sui, 1888); 10. (10) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus, 15030).
