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This is an archive article published on September 6, 2005

How the Bar146;s been Raised

The WTA rankings are a non-stop treadmill. Once on it, you have to keep the same pace, or accelerate, or be dumped off. So if Sania is to ...

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The WTA rankings are a non-stop treadmill. Once on it, you have to keep the same pace, or accelerate, or be dumped off. So if Sania is to stay in the Top 30 or top 40, she8217;ll have to do exactly what she8217;s done in the past 12 months, and then some.

The complicated WTA system rewards consistency and is unrelenting on the top stars. Not only do they have to defend points gained the previous year, they will find bonus points 8212; which one gets for beating a higher-ranked player 8211; harder to come by.

To begin with, Sania must make the final of the Kolkata WTA; and in february successfully defend her Hyderabad title.

Here8217;s how the past 12 months have been for Sania:

September 8217;04: Ranking 285, WTA Pts: 25
ITF, Lebanon
8226; beats No. 2 seed Bahia Mouthtassine Ranked 162
8226; beats No 5 seed Kyra Nagy Ranked 192
October: Ranking 258, WTA Pts: 57
8226; Won two ITF, Lagos, Nigeria events
December: Ranking 194, WTA Pts: 36
ITF event at Palm Beach, USA
8226; beats Anna-Lena Groenfeld Ranked 75
January 05: Ranking 166, WTA Pts: 70
Australian Open
8226; beats Petra Mandula Ranked 84
February: Ranking 134, WTA Pts: 117
Hyderabad Open
8226; beats No. 4 seed Jie Zheng Ranked 61
8226; beats No. 8 seed Maria Kirilenko Ranked 82
8226; beats No 9 seed Aloyona Bondarenko Ranked 102 in Final
March: Ranking 97, WTA Pts: 102
WTA Dubai Open
8226; beats Jelena Kostanic Ranked 36
8226; beats No 4 seed Svetlana Kuzetsova
July: Ranking: 64, WTA Pts: 146 pts
WTA Tier-III event at Cincinnati
8226; beats Anna-Lena Gronefeld Ranked 35
August: Ranking: 42, WTA Pts: 178 pts
WTA Tier-I event at San Diego
8226; beats Nadia Petrova Ranked 9
8226; Also reached final of WTA Tier-IV, Forest Hills

 

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