This Article is From Apr 05, 2010

Sania Mirza rises in WTA rankings

Sania Mirza rises in WTA rankings
New Delhi: Out of action owing to a wrist injury, tennis ace Sania Mirza has risen a couple of rungs to 90th in the latest WTA singles rankings issued on Monday.

Sania, who is currently busy gearing up for her marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on April 15, has 740 points in the list.

Sania, however, slipped in the doubles chart and was down to 44th from last week's 36th with 1875 points.

Meanwhile, Leander Paes, who clinched his maiden doubles' title of the season with Czech Lukas Dlouhy in Miami Masters, remained static at sixth in the ATP list with 6,520 points.

Mahesh Bhupathi, who along with Belarusian Max Mirnyi lost Paes and Dlouhy in the Miami finals, gained a spot to seventh in the doubles rankings with 5,530.
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