Sania slips to 32nd rank on WTA list

Sania Mirza slipped one spot to be number 32 in WTA Tour rankings but remained Asia's second best woman player after the latest rankings were released on Monday.

Sania, less than a month away from turning 19, was ranked at career best 31 last week but moved down one position following her pull out in the second round of the Thailand Open WTA event in Bangkok following a lower back strain.

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Ai Sugiyama is the number one Asian player at 28 while Shuai Peng (33) and Shinobu Asagoe (34) closely follow Sania.

On the men's tour, Leander Paes climbed up two places to be 13 on the ATP Doubles Entry ranking list while Mahesh Bhupathi went down two notches to be placed at 15.