Sania 75th in WTA rankings

New Delhi:

India tennis star Sania Mirza has jumped up two places to 75th in the latest WTA Tour tennis rankings. Sania gained just one point at the Nasdaq-100 Open ATP-WTA tournament at Key Biscayne, Miami where she had lost to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo of Spain 2-6 5-7 in the opening round. The 18-year-old Hyderabad girl, who was ranked 77th before the tournament, now has 473 points from her 16 WTA tours. Sania has come a long way from her 408 rank to the impressive 75th in last one year. During that period, she faced some top players like fourth ranked Serena williams in the third round of the Australian Open Grand Slam and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia (ranked 7th) at Dubai Open. Lindsay Davenport of America tops the list followed by Amelie Mauresmo France and Russian Maria Sharapova. 9PTI)