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Double jolt for Sania, slips one place each in singles and doubles rankings
Sep 24: India’s tennis sensation Sania Mirza slipped one place down in both singles and doubles latest WTA rankings released today. Sania has been able to maintain her 27 th position for the last three weeks but couldn’t hold further due to a fortnight long absence from the court.
The 20-year-old Hyderabadi girl who is out of action after losing to Russian Anna Chakvetadze in the third round of the US Open, has been nursing a wrist injury, which also forced her to miss the Sunfeast Open WTA event that concluded in Kolkata yesterday.
According to latest WTA rankings, Sania now stands at 28 th in singles and 19 th in doubles event. However, her compatriot Sunitha Rao is back in the top-200 bracket as she jumped 15 places up from 211 to 196. This could become possible only because, she managed to move in to the second round of the just concluded Sunfeast Open.
The newly crowned Sunfeast Open champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia is just one place behind Sania in the singles ranking. She climbed up six places to be placed at the 29 th spot by virtue of her victory in the Sunfeast Open yesterday.
WTA Rankings
As of 24 September, 2007
No |
Player |
Nation |
Points |
+/− |
1 |
Justine Henin |
Belgium |
5200 |
= |
2 |
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Russia |
3609 |
= |
3 |
Jelena Janković |
Serbia |
3445 |
= |
4 |
Maria Sharapova |
Russia |
3235 |
= |
5 |
Anna Chakvetadze |
Russia |
2940 |
= |
6 |
Ana Ivanović |
Serbia |
2925 |
= |
7 |
Serena Williams |
United States |
2391 |
= |
8 |
Nadia Petrova |
Russia |
2266 |
= |
9 |
Venus Williams |
United States |
2215 |
= |
10 |
Daniela Hantuchová |
Slovakia |
2042 |
+1 |
11 |
Marion Bartoli |
France |
1999 |
+1 |
12 |
Amélie Mauresmo |
France |
1995 |
-2 |
13 |
Patty Schnyder |
Switzerland |
1737 |
= |
14 |
Nicole Vaidišová |
Czech Republic |
1735 |
= |
15 |
Elena Dementieva |
Russia |
1707 |
= |
16 |
Shahar Pe'er |
Israel |
1678 |
= |
17 |
Dinara Safina |
Russia |
1674 |
= |
18 |
Martina Hingis |
Switzerland |
1588 |
= |
19 |
Tatiana Golovin |
France |
1528 |
= |
20 |
Ágnes Szávay |
Hungary |
1360 |
+3 |
21 |
Sybille Bammer |
Austria |
1298 |
-1 |
22 |
Alona Bondarenko |
Ukraine |
1221 |
-1 |
23 |
Lucie Šafářová |
Czech Republic |
1128 |
-1 |
24 |
Katarina Srebotnik |
Slovenia |
1104 |
= |
25 |
Francesca Schiavone |
Italy |
1017 |
= |
26 |
Li Na |
China |
968 |
= |
27 |
Vera Zvonareva |
Russia |
960 |
+2 |
28 |
Sania Mirza |
India |
933 |
-1 |
29 |
Maria Kirilenko |
Russia |
923 |
+6 |
30 |
Agnieszka Radwanska |
Poland |
904.5 |
= |
(Sources: www.wikipedia.org)
Despite Wimbledon second round loss Sania moves to 38th in WTA ranking.
Sania progress into the 2nd round of Cincinnati Open, both in singles and doubles.
Sania improves her WTA ranking to 35th.
Sania Mirza to feel the glory and heat in the 3rd round of US Open.
Sania doubtful starter for Sunfeast Open.
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Comments:
Gopinath JVS
September 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM
What Rubbish ! Do you know anything about rankings? Players ranks go up and down all the time, every week even. So there is no jolt invoved here.She hasnt played due to injury so her ranking did not rise, as simple as that ! She will play and win again and it will go up, or she will lose and it will come down. Dont write about tennis if you dont understand it.