Somdev Devvarman climbs to World No.104

TUESDAY 8, June 2010.

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

Devvarman jumped four places after qualifying for the main draw at Roland Garros.

Yuki Bhambri, though, lost a place to be ranked at 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 the Aegon Tennis Classic in Birmingham after a long injury break.