Veteran star Leander Paes dropped out of top-10 after losing a place in the doubles ranking, while Rohan Bopanna slid to 29 following a steep loss of eight places in the new chart issued today. Paes, who lost in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters with partner Radek Stepanek, is now placed 11th and continues to be India's top-ranked player. Paes and Bopanna are the only top-30 players from the country in the world rankings. Left-handed Divij Sharan, who is unchanged this week, is the next best at One hundred and eleven. In the singles, Somdev Devvarman is the best-placed Indian player at number 143, a gain of one place. Yuki Bhambri is second-highest ranked player at number 151. The Delhi lad is followed by left-handed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (295) and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who achieved a career-best rank of 301 today with a jump of four places. In the WTA rankings, Sania Mirza was static at number five in the doubles, while Ankita Raina suffered a five-place loss to be at 281. She is followed by Prarthana Thombare, who gained eight places to be at 336th position.
News On AIR | August 18, 2014 7:36 PM
Tennis rankings: Paes dropped out of top-10; Bopanna slid to 29