Sania Mirza’s demolition drive was halted by world number two and defending champion Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the Acura Classic Women’s tennis tournament here.
The unseeded Indian suffered a 6-2 6-1 loss to her more fancied Russian opponent in just 61 minutes yesterday in a repeat of their 2005 US Open pre-quarters match.
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Indian ace Sania Mirza has climbed up three places to 35 in the women’s singles tennis rankings released by the WTA on Monday.
Mirza has 633 ranking points in the list headed by Belgian world number one Justine Henin, who has 4457.
The Indian is ranked 36th in doubles.
There was no change in the top 15 [...]