Sania jumps six places to No. 31

New Delhi: Sania Mirza has jumped six places to No. 31, according to WTA rankings list released on Monday.

Sania, who picked 311 points last week after reaching the semi-finals of the Japan Open in Tokyo last week, has a total of 966.50 points to her credit.

The 18-year-old had vanquished higher-ranked opponents including top seed Vera Zvonareva in the Tier III championship, but ran out of steam in the semis, losing to France’s Tatiana Golovin 2-6, 4-6.

In doubles too, she moved 14 places to reach 114 with 343.50 points after reaching the semi-finals with Israel’s Sahar Peer in Japan.

On the men’s side, Harsh Mankad moved seven places to No. 227 and remain the highest-ranked Indian.

In doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes fell one place each to 13th and 15th, respectively.

In men’s singles, Andy Roddick and Marat Safin moved up a place each to no. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Slipping two places to No. 5 was Lleyton Hewitt.

Ivan Ljubicic has moved up three spots to No. 13. Mario Ancic has climbed seven places and is now world No. 17.

Among women, Maria Sharapova led an unchanged top five, while Venus Williams moved one place up to No. 6. Mary Pierce took her place at No. 7 and Anastasia Myskina stayed at No. 12.