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Tennis sensation Sania Mirza got her rewards for making it to the last 16 at the US Open as she propelled herself to a career-high 34 in the latest WTA rankings. The teenager from Hyderabad jumped eight places after she added 134 points at Flushing Meadows, which took her aggregate to 888.75 WTA points. Sania, the only Indian woman to enter the fourth round of a Grand Slam event, is now just two places behind the top Asian player Japan’s Ai Suigyami (908) in 32nd with Peng Shuai (898), just a spot above her as per the rankings released today.

Taken from MidDay