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Sharan in top 50, Sania hits 3-yr low
A consistent Divij Sharan broke into the top 50 for a career-high ranking while Sania Mirza dropped out of top 10 for the first time since March 2014 as per the latest ATP and WTA charts released on Monday.
New Delhi: A consistent Divij Sharan broke into the top 50 for a career-high ranking while Sania Mirza dropped out of top 10 for the first time since March 2014 as per the latest ATP and WTA charts released on Monday.
The left-handed Sharan reached the final of the last three tournaments he participated in, winning the ATP 250 European Open while ending runner-up at Challenger events in Brest and Tashkent with different partners.
He is ranked exactly 50th after gaining a place. The 31-year-old Delhi player did not let his split with long-time partner Purav Raja affect him as he consistently did well on the Tour despite not having a stable partnership.
Now India has two top 50 players in doubles with Rohan Bopanna (15) leading the chart. Purav Raja (62), Leander Paes (70) and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (97) are the other top-100 Indian players.
Sharan, who has won 19 ITF Futures titles, 13 Challenger trophies, and three ATP Tour titles, said now he has the "belief that he can win a Grand Slam".
"I have been employed by Indian Oil since 2004 and their support has been massive through most of my career. Head and Adidas have also been providing my racquets and kit for the last four years," he added. Sharan said his next goal is to make the top 30 so that he can play the ATP 1000s, the Master series events.
Also making good progress in the doubles is Vishnu Vardhan, who jumped 16 places to touch his career-best ranking of 118. Vardhan and his partner N Sriram Balaji (139) had won the Shenzhen Challenger on Saturday to earn 90 ranking points each.
In the singles, Yuki Bhambri (140) continues to lead the chart and is followed by Ramkumar Ramanathan (148), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (255), Sumit Nagal (331) and Balaji (350).
In the WTA charts, Ankita Raina is India's top-ranked player at number 281 and is followed by Karman Kaur Thandi (307) and Pranjala Yadlapalli (483). In the doubles, Sania was placed at number 12 following a loss of three places. Sania figured consistently in top-10 since March 17, 2013. The last time she featured outside top-10 was on March 3, 2013.
