The year 2007 seems to be ending just the way Sania Mirza wanted it to end. She is playing great tennis, consistent out of everything stands out in her recent performances. This has been her weak point in the past years and it now seems she has matured into a better player overall.

Sania Mirza now enters the top 30 club in womens ATP rankings. Her good performance in the Acura Classic women’s tennis event in San Diego last week, helped her achieve a ranking so high. Sania lost in straight sets to eventual winner and World No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the QF of the event. Sania has now joined the company of Ramesh Krishnan who was the only other tennis player to rank under 30 for India. Another of his record could soon be broken of being the highest ranked singles player for India - 23 (achieved in 1987).

Sania’s impressive showing continued with a win over World no.12 - Martina Hingis in the second round of the East West Bank Classic. Mirza has now played Martina 4 times and the head to-head is at par. Sania took 1h, 36mins to win 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Sania will now face the winner of Shahar Peer and Virginie Razano in the 3rd round.