Sania leapfrogs one spot to her career best 28

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New Delhi, Aug 20: Sania Mirza jumped one place to her new career-best 28th in the latest WTA rankings issued today.

The Hyderabadi girl moved up the chart despite being out of action in the past week.

Sania broke into top 30 early this month after her phenomenal three-week run in the US hard court circuit which saw her upset five top 20 players in Cincinnati, Stanford and San Diego.

She will partner one of her biggest supporters Mahesh Bhupathi in the mixed doubles at the US Open starting from August 27. She will pair Bethanie Mattek in the doubles.

In doubles chart also, Sania moved up one place to 24th.

She and Bethanie Mattek of United States had reached quarterfinal at the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles.

Sania wil kick off her campaign today against Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the 600,000 dollars Pilot Pen tennis tournament. She will partner Mara Santangelo of Italy in doubles.

In ATP rankings, Rohan Bopanna (223) and Prakash Amritraj (270) maintained their rankings, while Karan Rastogi slipped one place to 340th.

In doubles individual rankings, the Challenger series win in New York, his fourth title this season, has propelled Bopanna five places up to 84th.

Veteran Leander Paes improved his doubles individual rankings by one place to eighth after his semi-final appearance in the Western and Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati along with Martin Damm last week end while Mahesh Bhupathi, who lost in the second round in Cincinnati, slipped one rung to 20th.

UNI

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