By Jilawatan

Tennis sensation Sania Mirza slipped 13 places to 88 in the WTA singles rankings, released on Monday. In the doubles ranking she lost 9 places to stand at 72.

Serena Williams of the US remains on top of the singles rankings, followed by Dinara Safina of Russia and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.

In the ATP doubles rankings, Leander Paes replaced Mahesh Bhupathi in the number six position. Paes now has 6940 points, 15 more than seventh-placed Bhupathi.

Rohan Bopanna moved to 72 with 1705 points after gaining three spots. In the singles, Somdev Dev Varman continued to be India’s highest ranked player at 150.

RANKINGS

(Previous week’s in bracket)

Men: 1. (1) Rafael Nadal (Esp) 14360 pts; 2. (2) Roger Federer (Sui) 11000; 3. (3) Novak Djokovic (Srb) 9420; 4. (4) Andy Murray (GBR) 7400; 5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 4955; 6. (6) Andy Roddick (US) 4440; 7. (7) Juan Martin del Potro (Arg) 4290; 8. (8) Gilles Simon (Fra) 3925; 9. (10) Gael Monfils (Fra) 3550; 10. (9) Fernando Verdasco (Esp) 3330.

Women: 1. (1) Serena Williams (US) 9982 points; 2. (2) Dinara Safina (Rus) 9021; 3. (3) Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 8400; 4. (4) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 7886; 5. (5) Venus Williams (US) 7092; 6. (6) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 6320; 7. (7) Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 5414; 8. (8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 4953; 9. (9) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 3882; 10. (10) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 3448.