Friday, February 24, 2006

Sania moves up to 36th spot

The7AM.com : Tennis news - Sania moves up to 36th spot: "New Delhi: Sania Mirza's fortunes continued to fluctuate and after dropping six places last week, the Indian ace moved up two rungs to 36th in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday.

Sania has 537.75 ranking points and the improvement in the standings follows the doubles win at the Bangalore Open on Sunday. The 19-year-old Hyderabadi is still ahead of Serena Williams who languishes at the 44th spot with 488 points.

Isha Lakhani was the biggest gainer, moving up from 488 to 388 with 44 points. The U.S.-based Shikha Uberoi went one place up to 161 with 171.75.

The Bhambri sisters, Ankita and Sanaa, were at the 359th and 460th positions respectively. Sanaa made some improvement from last week, jumping five places with 31.25 points. Shruti Dhawan also went up five places to 503.

Kim Clijsters (3566 points) leads the pack, followed by Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo (3435). Switzerland's Martina Hingis, making a comeback after a long injury lay-off, dropped two places to finish 50th."

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