New Delhi: Sania Mirza jumped to her career-best rank of three in the doubles, following her title win at the BNP Paribas Open with Swiss great Martina Hingis.
Mirza now sits at number three with 6,885 points, only behind Italians Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani, who share top spot with 7,640 points each.
Courtesy of her win at Indian Wells, Mirza earned 1,000 points and gained two places on the WTA chart. She had reached the final of the same tournament last year with Cara Black.
“It’s thrilling to achieve my career-best rank. Being the number one is a dream and I hope I can get there some day,” Sania told PTI from the US.
In the WTA singles chart, Ankita Raina continues to be India’s top player at number 253, up by two spots.
In the ATP rankings, Somdev Devvarman maintained his 176th rank, while Ramkumar Ramanathan was number two after gaining 10 places to be at 247.
Yuki Bhambri was the next best at 257 as he jumped 27 spots.
In the doubles, Leander Paes slid to 25, a loss of four places, and just behind him was Rohan Bopanna, who fell one spot.
