Sania Mirza Enters Doubles World Top Ten

By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, sports@muslimobserver.com

India’s Sania Mirza on Monday cracked the top 10 in the women’s doubles tennis rankings. Her singles rankings, however, slipped 17 places to 81. The top Indian women’s player, who is nursing a knee injury, climbed a rung to the 10th position in the new Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) doubles rankings.

“Woke up to find out I cracked the top 10 in the world… thanks each and everyone of u for the support and love all these years.” Sania wrote on her twitter account. “Needed some good news to lift up spirits after this silly knee injury…hope to recover soon….

Mirza, and her Russian doubles partner Elena Vesnina lost in the third round of the U.S. Open last week. The pair had won two doubles championships this year, in addition to reaching the finals of the French Open. Mirza and Vesnina are ranked number four in the world as a women’s doubles team. Mirza also won an additional women’s doubles title last month with Kazakhstani partner Yaroslava Shvedova.

The top four women’s doubles teams will compete in the WTA end-of-year championships. However, Mirza’s knee injury may keep her out of action through the end of the year, which would force Mirza and Vesnina to give up their spot in that elite tournament.

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