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Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006

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Sania hangs on to 44th spot

New Delhi: Sania Mirza failed to make any headway in her singles rankings after two successive first round exits in two weeks and remained static at 44th in the latest WTA rankings released in the run-up to the US Open beginning next Monday.

The Hyderabadi teenager, who lost her opening match of Rogers Cup in Montreal last week, now has 467 points to her credit in the list headed by Amelie Mauresmo of France, according to information received here on Tuesday.

She, however, moves up one place to 28th in the doubles individual rankings with 971 points.

Disappointing week

It has been a dismal week for other Indian women also and all of them moved down the ladder with Shikha Oberoi slipping to 193rd from previous 188th and Ankita Bhambri (363rd) losing four places. Rushmi Chakravarthi moved down nine places to finish at 454th and Sanaa Bhambri crashed to 619th from previous 593rd.

Among the men, Rohan Bopanna had a disappointing week slipping three places to be placed at 297th, while Harsh Mankad jumped four places to finish at 301st in the ATP rankings.

Karan Rastogi remained static at 343rd and Prakash Amritraj gained three places to the 351st spot. Meanwhile, Leander Paes (12th) and Mahesh Bhupathi (26th) clung onto their previous positions in the latest doubles rankings. — UNI

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