India’s Sania Mirza moved up six places in the women’s world rankings list to the 38th spot despite her second round exit from Wimbledon, according to a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) released on Monday. Sania, who lost to Russian Nadia Petrova in the women’s singles event, is also ranked 38th in the doubles. [...]

Indian tennis legend Vijay Amrirtraj, applauding the progress Sania Mirza has made in her play, said she has the potential to make the world’s top-10, if guided properly.
“You can see she is maturing mentally,” Vijay said. “Our players mature mentally first and then physically, unlike the westerners for whom it is the reverse. For [...]