Sania Mirza has climbed back into the top 50 in the WTA rankings and is now standing at 48. The Indian tennis sensation had an ordinary Australian Open losing in the second round to Japan’s Aiko Nakamura in straigts sets. Mirza, India’s top ranked female tennis player, lost 3-6 2-6 in a defeat very similar to last year’s Australian Open.

Sania Mirza climbed up 3 places due to a drop in the rankings of Shenay Perry, Venus Williams and Elena Vesnina. The next Indian in the WTA rankings is Shikha Uberoi, who is currently ranked 228th in the world.