Somdev nears top-100, reaches career best 104th

Somdev Devvarman, who became the first Indian to qualify for the French Open main draw in 13 years, rose to a career-best 104th in the ATP rankings issued today.

Somdev Devvarman, who became the first Indian to qualify for the French Open main draw in 13 years, rose to a career-best 104th in the ATP rankings issued on Monday.

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Somdev jumped four places after qualifying for the main draw of the men's singles event at Roland Garros.

Yuki Bhambri, though, lost a place to be 398th.

There was no change in the doubles rankings of Leander Paes (6) and Mahesh Bhupathi (7) but Rohan Bopanna (50) returned to top-50 with a jump of four places.

Meanwhile in the WTA rankings, Sania Mirza (91) maintained her singles ranking but lost two places (75) in the doubles chart.

Sania is making a comeback to competitive tennis at Aegon Classic in Birmingham on Monday after a long injury break.