Sania ranked No. 36

Sania Mirza, who lost in the second round of the Bangalore Open last week, moved up two rungs, to be placed 36th in the latest WTA rankings.

The Hyderabadi teenager, who dropped six places last week, has 537.75 ranking points to her credit in the rankings.

The 19-year-old, who won the doubles title at the Bangalore Open on Sunday night, continued to lead American Serena Williams, who is languishing at No. 44 with 488 points.

Among other Indians, Isha Lakhani made a huge leap, moving up from 488 to 388 with 44 points.

The US-based Shikha Uberoi was up by a place to 161 with 171.75 ranking points.

The Bhambri sisters, Ankita and Sanaa, were placed 359th and 460th respectively. Sanaa made some improvement from last week, jumping five places with 31.25 points.

Shruti Dhawan also moved up five places to 503.

The top ten names on the list remain unchanged with Kim Clijsters (3566 points) leading the pack followed by Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo, who has 3435 points.

Swiss Miss Martina Hingis, making a comeback after a long injury lay-off, dropped two places to finish 50th this week.

Sania is slated to meet Hingis in the first round of the Dubai Open on Tuesday.