Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Sania back at 32nd, ranks above Serena

Sania Mirza climbed two rungs to claim the 32nd spot in the latest WTA Tour Singles Rankings and the Indian tennis ace is currently sitting five places above Serena Williams.

Sania had earlier dropped to 34 following her disastrous Australian Open campaign where she was knocked out in the second round of the singles competition.

However, the Hyderabadi teen has regained the 32nd spot this week with 592.75 ranking points, above 37th ranked Serena (537).

Belgian Kim Clijsters continues to top the list with 3478 points followed by Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo (3377) of France.Swiss-Miss Martina Hingis, making a comeback after a long injury layoff, has leapfrogged from last week's 117th position to be at 48th this week with 440 points.

American Lindsay Davenport and Russian Maria Sharapova remain static at third and fourth positions respectively.

US-based Shikha Uberoi is the next Indian in the list after Sania, dropping two places to 160th with 171.75 ranking points.

The Bhambri sisters, Ankita and Sanaa, are at 361st and 457th positions respectively.

Rushmi Chakravarthi is on 370 climbing five places with 50.25 points. Isha Lakhani has also improved her standing jumping from 509 to 482 followed by Shruti Dawan at 483.

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