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Sania is No.14 in doubles, Bopanna in top-10 New Delhi Sania Mirza touched a new high on Monday as she achieved a career-best doubles ranking of 14th and along with her Russian partner Elena Vesnina, became world number three in the WTA Championship race owing to their French Open runners-up finish. Sania and Elena, who have already won two WTA titles this season, are now in contention for the year-ending WTA championship, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey. They have 3606 points and only the top-four pairs make the cut for the elite event.
In singles, Sania made a significant jump to 58 from 72 despite the second round exit from French Open. The stupendous show at Roland Garros, where she and Elena ended runners-up in the women's doubles meant that Sania improved her doubles ranking by 11 places. Meanhwile, in the ATP singles rankings, Somdev Devvarman slipped a spot to 67.
In doubles, Rohan Bopanna further improved his career best ranking by reaching the number 10 spot while Leander Paes moved out of top-10 to be at 11th position. Mahesh Bhupathi maintained his fifth rank. In the team rankings, Rohan-Aisam are ranked sixth and Bhupathi-Paes are third.
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