Sania Mirza [Images] has climbed a creditable 11 places in the singles rankings after her semi-final appearance in the Sunfeast Open and she is now placed at 59th in the latest WTA list released on Monday.

With 405 points to her credit, the 19-year-old Hyderabadi is six places ahead of Kolkata event runner-up Olga Poutchkova of Russia [Images], who leapfrogged 20 places, while winner Martina Hingis [Images] of Switzerland [Images] improves one place to finish at eighth, according to information received in New Delhi.

Li Na of China remains the best-ranked Asian at number 20 in the rankings headed by Amelie Mauresmo of France [Images].

Among other Indian women, Shikha Uberoi (232nd), Ankita Bhambri (369th) and Isha Lakhani (391st) slipped from their previous rankings while Rushmi Chakravarthi (454th) maintained her position.

Meanwhile, Leander Paes [Images] and Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] remained static at ninth and 25th respectively in the ATP doubles individual rankings.

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