NEW DELHI: The third round exit at the Acura Classic tournament last week in San Diego did not affect Sania Mirza as the Indian tennis ace remained steady at 44th spot in the latest WTA rankings.
Sania, who lost to world No 6 Elena Dementieva in Acura Classic, has 467 points off 23 tour matches.
Sania, who partnered with Shenay Perry of the US to make it to the quarterfinals in the doubles event of the tournament, dropped one place to be at 32nd in the doubles rankings.
The Hyderabadi girl (971 points from 19 tours) was overtaken by Argentina's Paula Suarez (972 points).
Shikha Uberoi, the next best Indian in WTA circuit, experienced a sharp fall of 13 places to be at 187.
Among men, Indian ace Leander Paes (2505 points) clung on to the 14th spot in the ATP doubles rankings while his former partner Mahesh Bhupathi (1607 points) dropped two places to be at 24th.
