Ankita Raina rised 43 places to her career-best singles rank of 212 in the WTA chart while Ramkumar Ramanathan also achieved his career-best rankings after climbing four places to 132. Ankita became World No. 212 on the back of her first singles title in more than three years when she beat Amandine Hesse in straight sets in the final of ITF women’s event in Gwalior.
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In the ATP rankings, country’s top men singles player Yuki Bhambri jumped two places and is now ranked 105 followed by Ramanathan, Sumit Nagal (213, ↑5), Prajnesh Gunseswaran (263, ↓17) and Arjun Khade (394, ↑29).
Ramkumar had earlier reached the quarterfinals of the Marbella Challenger in Spain.
In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna (19) and Divij Sharan (43) gained one spot each while Leander Paes remained unchanged at 45. He was followed by Purav Raja (62).
In the WTA rankings, Karman Kaur Thandi was the next best player in women singles as she remained unchanged at 273.
In doubles, injured Sania Mirza moved down seven places to number 23, her lowest rank in seven years.
(PTI Inputs)
