Sania 45th in WTA Ranking

Sania Mirza moved one place up to 45th in the latest WTA rankings after she was upset in the quarter final of just concluded Bangalore Open tournament.

The 20-year-old had lost to unseeded Russian Yaroslava Shvedova in the prize money $175,000 Tier III event.

Sania, who played alongside Italy's Mara Santangelo and made quarterfinal exit in the doubles event also, went down two places to be 28th in the doubles rankings.

Pattaya Open: Sania in Quarter-Final

Sania Mirza, Pattaya Open’s No.5 seed, defeated the crowd favorite Tamarine Tanasugarn in 3 sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 on the hard courts of Pattaya (Thailand) open today. Sania didn’t play her best tennis but found a way to win the match.

The first set is filled with errors from both players exchanging a series of breaks. Sania lead 5-3 in the first set and served for the set, but lost her serve with bad service game commiting 4 double faults. Sania got the break back immediately in the next game to win the set 6-4. In the second set, Sania couldn’t find answer for Tamarine’s solid ground strokes that clipped the lines. Tammie won the set easily 6-2 in 26 minutes. In the third set, Sania played aggressively and dictated the points. Sania served much better in the third set and won the set 6-1.

Sania is making her second quarter-final appearance this season after reaching the semis in Hobart before losing to Anna Chakvetadze of Russia.

Sania will play her Quarter final match against the third-seeded Mara Santangelo of Italy in the quarter final on Friday. Sania never played Mara before.