Tuesday, August 11, 2009

[tennis] Somdev and Sania Gain in Rankings


The Indian top challengers in the world of tennis, Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman gained some places in the rankings. Somdev's third round appearence in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington helped him gain 13 places to reach 140 in the new rankings released this monday. While Sania gained 9 places to reach 74 by virtue of her final appearence in Vancouver Challenger last week, where she lost to Stephanie Dubois 6-1, 4-6, 4-6.

Washington semifinalist John Isner gained 25 places to reach 55 in the ATP ranking chart while Fernando Gonzalez swapped places with namesake Fernando Verdasco to go in top 10 from 11th position.

There are not many big movers in women's list other than Maria Sharapova who got into top fifty with the 49th position from 61 last week. The top ten in WTA tour remaned unchanged.

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