Sania mirza dropped eight places to 92

Sania Mirza, out of action because of a chronic wrist injury, has dropped eight places to 92 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings.

India's Sania Mirza, out of action because of a chronic wrist injury, has dropped eight places to 92 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday.

Meanwhile, Somdev Devvarman has climbed a place to 120 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings.

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Sania slips in WTA ranks

The first round exit from the Pattaya Open last week severely affected Sania Mirza's singles ranking as the Indian slipped 18 positions to 77 in the latest WTA list issued today.

Sania's start to the 2010 season has been far from impressive as she could not cross the first hurdle at three tournaments -- including Australian Open -- out of the four she has played so far.

Sania's doubles ranking also suffered, going down to 36, a loss of three spots.
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Sania rise in singles rankings

In the WTA list, Sania Mirza rose by four rungs to 61 in singles but her doubles ranking was intact at 38.

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Sania Mirza went up nine places

Sania Mirza went up nine places in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday. Sania, whose attempt to win back-to-back International Tennis Federation (ITF) titles failed after she lost the Vancouver Open final Sunday, is now at the 74th position. Her doubles rankings is static at 49th.

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Sania loses in Vancuover final

Top seed Sania Mirza's quest for a second successive ITF title ended in disappointment as she squandered a one set advantage to go down to local favourite Stephanie Dubois in the finals of the USD 75,000 Vancuover Open in the Canadian city.

Sania lost 6-1 4-6 4-6 against a gritty Stephanie, who said the Indian ace looked jaded after playing tough quarterfinal and semifinal matches incidentally against Canadians.

With a partisan crowd egging her on, Stephanie staged a remarkable comeback after being blown away by Sania in the opening set.

Both the players struggled to hold serve in the match but it was Sania who ended up paying more for the mistakes as the Stephanie raised her game at crucial junctures.

"I think that the other Canadians tired her a little bit, they had a really good match, (both) of them," said Stephanie.

Sania thanked the few Indian fans who turned up to support her in the match.

"I guess it helps that we're a billion of us," she joked.

Sania won the ITF title in Lexington, USA last week. The injury-prone Indian is on a comeback trail after recuperating from a wrist surgery.

Sania walked away with USD 6,080 for her effort in the Vancuover Open.

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Sania Mirza slips seven places

A second-round loss at the Wimbledon championships cost Sania Mirza seven places in the WTA singles ranking as the Indian slipped to 85 but maintained her 37th position in the doubles list.

A failed bid at Wimbledon also affected Somdev Devvarman's and Prakash Amrittraj's rankings as the former lost three places to be 132 and latter went down by five spots to be at 159.

Somdev had lost his first qualifying round and Prakash faltered in the third and final round.

Mahesh Bhupathi gained a place to be at eighth in the men's doubles ranking courtesy a semifinal appearance at the All England Club and Leander Paes maintained his sixth position despite making a shock first round exit.

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Sania mirza steamrolls to 78 in the latest WTA singles rankings

Riding on her semifinal appearance in the just concluded Aegon Classic, Indian ace Sania Mirza jumped 20 places to reach 78 in the latest WTA singles rankings, released on Monday.

After a prolonged lean patch, the Hyderabadi did exceedingly well at the grass court event where she also made it to the semifinals of the doubles event.

Sania also rose two rungs to be at 35th spot in the doubles ranking.

However, there was no change in the men's doubles rankings where Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi retained their fifth and ninth spots respectively.

Somdev Devvarman, who is struggling these days, also remained unchanged at 132, though he continues to be India's numero uno player.

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Sania mirza jumps 18 spots

Sania Mirza, who made the women’s doubles semi-finals of last week’s Madrid Open along with Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Jung Chuang, jumped 18 spots to be ranked 42nd in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) doubles rankings released on Monday. However, Sania moved down a place in the singles to be ranked 91st with 692 points.

Somdev Dev Varman moved up two places in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings released on Monday to be ranked 138th. Yuki Bhambri too moved up two places to be ranked 662nd. However, Prakash Amritraj and Rohan Bopanna remained static at previous week’s positions, 163rd and 288th respectively. Bopanna moved up one spot in the doubles (65).

Leander Paes remained at No. 5 in the ATP doubles rankings but Mahesh Bhupathi lost one place to be ranked 10th with 5470 points.

Meanwhile, Sania’s father Imran Mirza said on Monday that his daughter has tendinitis. However, she was on course to play the French Open

“Sania has tendinitis in the wrist but will play the French Open,” Imran replied when asked about the 22-year-old’s withdrawal from the $220,000 Strasbourg Open this week.

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Sania may drop out of top 100

Sania Mirza is on the verge of dropping out of top-100 as she lost seven places to be 98th in the latest WTA rankings.

Sania's great fall continues ....

Out of action Sania Mirza today slipped one more rung to be 92nd in the latest WTA singles rankings chart though she maintained the 44th place in the doubles.
Sania, recuperating from a wrist injury, has 380 points in singles while 949 in the doubles.

Sania's free fall continues

Sania Mirza's free fall continued with the Indian tennis ace sliding seven places to 70th in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday.

Sania, who had to concede her opening round game in the Beijing olympics owing to her wrist injury, has 470 points to her credit in the rankings headed by Serbian Ana Ivanovic.

The Hyderabadi had a her career-high 27th exactly a year ago but a string of poor shows and a recurring wrist injury saw her sliding down in the rankings.

She is also not participating in the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year -- US Open -- because of the nagging injury.