Tennis sensation Sania Mirza got her rewards for making it to the last 16 at the US Open as she propelled herself to a career-high 34 in the latest WTA rankings.
The teenager from Hyderabad jumped eight places after she added 134 points at Flushing Meadows, which took her aggregate to 888.75 WTA points.
Sania, the only Indian woman to enter the fourth round of a Grand Slam event, is now just two places behind the top Asian player Japan's Ai Suigyami (908) in 32nd with Peng Shuai (898), just a spot above her as per the rankings released on Monday.
The tennis star went down 2-6, 1-6 to the 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova at the Arthur Ashe Stadium after she reached the fourth round beating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli.
The new rankings placed Sania at 148th in doubles after she and her Australian partner Bryanne Stewart lost their first round match to 11th seeds Amilie Loit and Nicole Pratt.
Maria Sharapova reclaimed the top spot in the singles ranking after her semifinal appearance at the US open with 4802 points relegating Linsday Davenport to second place with 4437 points.
US-based Shikha Uberoi is the next Indian, after Sania, in the singles ranking. Shikha, who made her Fed Cup debut for India in 2005 fell from her previous ranking of 122 to 151.
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