Lee down, Hesh up in ATP doubles ranking

New Delhi, Apr 24 (UNI) Estranged partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had contrasting fortunes in the ATP doubles rankings released today and while the former dropped down two places to the 10th spot, the latter climbed up six rungs to 23rd on the leaderboard.

In the ATP doubles race, Leander and his Czech partner Martin Damm are at sixth postion with Bryan brothers -- Bob and Mike -- from the US up at the mound.

Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek, also from Czech Republic, who lost in the semifinals at Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday, are way down at 26th postion.

In the singles rankings, Prakash Amritraj slipped 12 places to 248th position allowing, in the process, Rohan Boppana to become highest ranked Indian in the leaderboard.

Big serving Bopanna gained a place to sit at 243rd postion.

Meanwhile, up and coming star Karan Rastogi gained 47 places to 385th while Harsh Mankad slipped 56 spots to 341st position.

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