Monday, June 06, 2005

Sania slips to 75 in world ranking

New Delhi, June 6: The first round exit in the French Open tennis championship saw Sania Mirza slip five places in the WTA Tour ranking released on Monday.Sania, who had climbed to a career best 70 at the start of the second grand slam of the year, is now in 75th spot with 458.25 ranking points.

The 18-year-old kick starts her grass court season with the DFS Classic at Birmingham this week and would be hoping that the performance here and Wimbledon would help her get near her target of reaching the top 50 by the end of the year.

Sikha Uberoi also slipped two spots to 136 with 265.50 ranking points after she failed to qualify for the French Open and also the DFS Classic.

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