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Sania ranked 75th in WTA rankings

April 07, 2005 14:44 IST

India [ Images ] tennis star Sania Mirza [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] where she  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 the last one year during which she faced some top players like fourth ranked Serena Williams [ Images ] in the third round of the Australian Open [ Images ] and world no. 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova [ Images ] of Russia [ Images ] at the Dubai [ Images ] Open.

Lindsay Davenport [ Images ] of America tops the list followed by Amelie Mauresmo [ Images ] of France [ Images ] and Russian Maria Sharapova [ Images ].

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