Sania reaches career best doubles ranking
June 6th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza climbed 11 spots to reach a career-high doubles ranking of 14 in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, released Monday.
Sania last week created history by becoming the first Indian woman to reach a Grand Slam doubles final. She and Elena Vesnina of Russia reached the French Open final, where they lost to unseeded Czech pair Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka. The Indo-Russian pair are now number three in doubles ranking.
The 24-year-old Hyderabadi, who lost in the singles second round at Roland Garros, also took rapid strides in the singles by climbing 14 rungs to 58th place.
In the men’s singles, India’s Somdev Devvarman, who crashed out of singles first round in French Open, dropped a place to 67th place in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking.
In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna who with Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan reached the quarterfinals at Paris, has gained a place to a career-best 10th position.
Mahesh Bhupathi remained unchanged at fifth place but his partner Leander Paes dropped four places to 11.
- Sania first Indian to reach women's doubles Grand Slam final - Jun 02, 2011
- Somdev reaches career-high 63 in ATP rankings - Jul 04, 2011
- Australian Open: Sania-Vesnina surprise Raymond-Huber to enter semis - Jan 24, 2012
- We hold the edge in the final: Sania (Lead) - Jun 02, 2011
- Sania cracks top 10 in doubles, slips 17 ranks in singles - Sep 12, 2011
- Bopanna drops out of top-10 doubles ranking - Nov 28, 2011
- Bopanna reaches career-high doubles ranking - Apr 25, 2011
- Somdev reaches career best 73 in singles - Mar 21, 2011
- US Open: Leander enters mixed doubles quarters - Sep 03, 2011
- Somdev reaches career high ranking of 66 - May 16, 2011
- Sania-Vesnina reach finals of Indian Wells - Mar 17, 2012
- French Open: Sania-Elena in women's doubles final - Jun 02, 2011
- Doubles best bet for India in French Open - May 22, 2011
- Rogers Cup: Bopanna-Qureshi in quarters; Sania-Elena ousted - Aug 11, 2011
- Somdev touches career-high ranking of 68 - May 09, 2011
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