Sania still 34th in singles, moves up in doubles

Recuperating from the back injury which has kept her out of action, tennis ace Sania Mirza clung on to her 34th place in this week's WTA singles rankings.

The Hyderabadi girl, who hopes to break into top 15 next year, boasts of 929.75 ranking points, according to information received here.

Sania, who was here last week, exuded confidence that it would take another couple of weeks to overcome the injury and said she would return to the international circuit in January next year .

Meanwhile, US-based Shikha Uberoi (251.70) has moved three places up the ladder to finish 142nd while veteran Rushmi Chakravarthi (63.75) made a significant jump, moving to 362nd place from her previous week's 414th position.

Fed Cupper Ankita Bhambri leapfrogged a hundred places to finish 396, while her sister Sanaa jumped 37 places to end up 434th.

In doubles, Sania moved one rung up to the 113th place. Her compatriot Shikha Uberoi is at 150, followed by Rushmi Chakravarthi (294), Sanaa (298) and Ankita Bhambri (299).