By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza’s first doubles title of the year has helped her move up nine spots to 59th in the WTA rankings issued on Monday.

In singles, however, Sania remained at 100th position with 652 points. Meanwhile, in the ATP rankings, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were unmoved at the sixth and 10th spots, respectively.

By Jilawatan

Sania Mirza rose to No.68, an improvement of 19 places, in the doubles ranking on the back of her strong showing in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami where she reached the last-four stage with partner Chia-jung Chuang of Taiwan. However, Sania remained at No.100 on the singles list in the WTA released Monday.

By Jilawatan

Somdev Dev Varman, India’s No. 1 singles player, achieved his career-best ranking by breaking into the top 150 while Sania Mirza moved up 12 places to 75th in the latest rankings issued on Monday.

Somdev, the US-based Indian, gained four places to occupy the 150th position with 546 points in his kitty.