Yuki jumps 111 places in ATP rankings
July 13th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri continues to take giant strides on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, leap-frogging 111 places to 531st position.
The 17-year-old junior Australian Open champion won his third successive International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) complex earlier this month before his 17-match unbeaten streak was halted in the second of the two back-to-back tournaments last week.
Yuki had won his maiden ITF title in the last week of April and went on to add another within a week. The two ITF titles had catapulted Yuki to 661st position, a jump of 897 places.
Among other Indian players, Prakash Amritraj fell 95 places to 254th while Somdev Devvarman slipped three places to 135.
In the men doubles’ rankings, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are static at sixth and eighth places respectively.
In the women’s singles, recently engaged Sania Mirza moved up a place to 85th. She dropped one place to 42nd in the doubles.
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