After a decent showing in the Australian open Sania Mirza climbed up 3 places in the Womens Tennis Association (WTA) rankings to go under 30 for the first time. This now means she is the only Asian under that rank becoming the top womens player in Asia.

The closest competition to Sania is Na Li from China who is currently ranked 32nd in the world 49 points behind Mirza who has a tally of 931 points.

Sania lost in the Aussie open in a good match again Venus Williams providing good competition atleast in the first set which she took to the tie-break.

Her best performance came in the Mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi but failed to win in the Finals getting beaten in straights sets.

Sania Mirza has now notched up a total prize money over a million us dollars.