<p>Sania Mirza's semifinal finish in the women's doubles event at the recently-concluded Australian Open has catapulted her to a career-best ranking of seventh position in the latest WTA Team Rankings, issued today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sania jumped from 11th spot to be inside the top-10 in doubles rankings and if she manages to stay in the top 10 till June 21, 2012, she will get a direct entry into the London Olympics.<br /><br />The Hyderabadi girl though slipped in the singles rankings to be placed at 111th spot from 106th position.<br /><br />The top-64 players will get a direct entry into the singles draw of the Olympics and if Sania fails to get into that bracket, AITA will ask the organising committee for a wildcard entry.<br /><br />Meanwhile Leander Paes, who won the Australian Open men's doubles with Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic and finished runners-up in mixed doubles event with Elena Vesnina, has retained his seventh spot in the ATP doubles rankings.<br /><br />Rohan Bopanna also managed to retain his 11th position in the doubles' list but his new doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi lost eight positions to slip to 16th.<br /><br />Bhupathi and Bopanna lost in the third round of the first grand slam of the year.<br /><br />Somdev Devvarman, who pulled out of both Chennai Open and Australian Open beacuse of shoulder injury, lost four spots to be at 90th spot in the ATP singles' list.</p>
<p>Sania Mirza's semifinal finish in the women's doubles event at the recently-concluded Australian Open has catapulted her to a career-best ranking of seventh position in the latest WTA Team Rankings, issued today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sania jumped from 11th spot to be inside the top-10 in doubles rankings and if she manages to stay in the top 10 till June 21, 2012, she will get a direct entry into the London Olympics.<br /><br />The Hyderabadi girl though slipped in the singles rankings to be placed at 111th spot from 106th position.<br /><br />The top-64 players will get a direct entry into the singles draw of the Olympics and if Sania fails to get into that bracket, AITA will ask the organising committee for a wildcard entry.<br /><br />Meanwhile Leander Paes, who won the Australian Open men's doubles with Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic and finished runners-up in mixed doubles event with Elena Vesnina, has retained his seventh spot in the ATP doubles rankings.<br /><br />Rohan Bopanna also managed to retain his 11th position in the doubles' list but his new doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi lost eight positions to slip to 16th.<br /><br />Bhupathi and Bopanna lost in the third round of the first grand slam of the year.<br /><br />Somdev Devvarman, who pulled out of both Chennai Open and Australian Open beacuse of shoulder injury, lost four spots to be at 90th spot in the ATP singles' list.</p>