Sania Mirza received a major boost on Monday when she jumped up 11 places to be at 59th spot in the latest WTA world rankings by virtue of reaching the semifinals of the Sunfeast Open tournament in Kolkata.
Sania, who recently experienced a steep fall in the rankings because of her early exits in WTA meets, defeated compatriot Rushmi Chakravathi, Sandra Kloesel of Germany and higher ranked Aravane Rezai of France to set up a semifinals clash with former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis of Switzerland. However, the Hyderabadi lost to Hingis despite putting up a good showing.
Sania, with 405 points, is now the fourth Asian in the ranking ladder.
But, the ace Indian reached her career best doubles ranking a day after winning the Sunfeast title with her South African partner Liezel Huber.
The Indian, with 1070 points, rose two place to 26th spot while Huber got a promotion of three places to be at 18th in the doubles ranking.
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