Divij Sharan breaks into top 50; Sania drops out of top-10

The left-handed Sharan reached the final of the last three tournaments he participated in, winning the ATP 250 European Open while ending runner-up at Challenger events in Brest and Tashkent with different partners. 

He is ranked 50th after gaining a place. The 31-year-old Delhi player did not let his split with long-time partner Purav Raja affect him as he consistently did well on the Tour despite not having a stable partnership. 

India now has two top-50 players in doubles with Rohan Bopanna (15) leading the chart. Purav Raja (62), Leander Paes (70) and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (97) are the other top-100 Indian players.Also making good progress in the doubles is Vishnu Vardhan, who jumped 16 places to touch his career-best ranking of 118. Vardhan and his partner N Sriram Balaji (139) had won the Shenzhen Challenger on Saturday to earn 90 ranking points each.

In the singles, Yuki Bhambri (140) continues to lead the chart and is followed by R Ramanathan (148), P Gunneswaran (255), S Nagal (331) and Balaji (350).

In WTA doubles, Sania Mirza was placed at number 12, following a loss of three places. Sania figured consistently in top-10 since March 17, 2013. The last time she featured outside top-10 was on March 3, 2013.