Double jolt for Sania, slips one place each in singles and doubles rankings
NI Wire
New Delhi
Mon, 24 Sep 2007:
Sep 24: India’s tennis sensation Sania Mia 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)