New Delhi: Sania Mirza’s dip in the rankings continued with the Indian tennis sensation lying 68th on the latest WTA charts.
Sania slipped seven places from her last week’s 61st place following her first-round loss to Meghann Shaughnessy of United States in Bangkok Open last week.
The American, however, has leaped to 37th from her previous 43rd rank.
The Hyderabadi, who now has 382 singles ranking points from at least two dozens of WTA Tours in last couple of years, also saw downslide in her doubles rankings. She slipped one place to 27th.
Shikha Uberoi, who is next top Indian at 210th in singles, follows Sania in the doubles as well at 128th spot.
Meanwhile the top-10 list led by Amelie Mauresmo of France remains unaltered for the week.
RANKINGS (Top ten)
ATP Tour — 1. (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 7370; 2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 4645; 3. (3) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 3190; 4. (4) David Nalbandian (Arg) 2900; 5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 2720; 6. (6) Andy Roddick (US) 2635; 7. (8) James Blake (US) 2240; 8. (7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 2175; 9. (9) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 2076; 10. (10) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 1965.
WTA Tour — 1. (1) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra, 3667); 2. (2) Justine Henin-Hardenne (Bel, 3473); 3. (3) Maria Sharapova (Rus, 3037); 4. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus, 2408); 5. (5) Nadia Petrova (Rus, 2286); 6. (6) Kim Clijsters (Bel, 2110); 7. (7) Elena Dementieva (Rus, 1983); 8. (9) Patty Schnyder (Sui, 1869); 9. (8) Martina Hingis (Sui, 1850); 10. (10) Dinara Safina (Rus, 1416).
