New Delhi: Sania Mirza’s tough season continues to take its toll, as she found herself further down the rung at No 70 in the WTA rankings released on Monday.
However, there was something to cheer for Indian fans as Leander Paes, following his US Open title win with partner Martn Damm, saw him returning to the top-10 in the ATP Doubles individual rankings.
It was a loss of 16 places for the 19-year old Hyderabadi girl from her previous ranking and it came after the second round loss at the year's final Grand Slam.
The Indian's best singles performance this season has come on the US hard courts with two quarter-final appearances, at Cincinnati and Forest Hills.
The last of those two results came a week before the Open but Sania could not extend it to the courts of Flushing Meadows where she went down to Francesca Schiavone of Italy in straight sets.
Paes gained three places and was ranked ninth, with Czech Martin Damm ending up one rung below the Indian ace.
It was Paes' fourth crown, besides three mixed doubles titles, and his first without partnering Mahesh Bhupathi with whom he had won the French Open in 1999 and 2001, and the Wimbledon in 1999.
Paes returned to the top-10 after 14 weeks, having gone out of the elite zone since the week of May 15.
Bhupathi's own free fall continued as he slipped two places further to be 29th.
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