Sania, Somdev go down in singles ranking ladder

New Delhi: After a making a first round exit in their respective events last week, India`s top singles players -- Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman -- lost a few rungs in the WTA and ATP ranking charts, released on Monday.

Sania lost two places to be at 64 while Somdev suffered a loss of three positions to find himself at 65. Somdev though made a huge jump of 61 places to get to career-best 189th place in the doubles chart, courtesy his summit clash appearance in the Farmer`s Classic along with Treat Conrad Huey. Sania won the Citi Open with Yaroslava Shvedov but could not imrove on her career-best 11th place.Other doubles specialists -- Mahesh Bhppathi (5), Leander Paes (8) and Rohan Bopanna (10) also had no change in their rankings. PTI