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India's junior tennis looking up
October 16, 2003 18:13 IST
A record number of Indians figure in the�new�International Tennis Federation�Junior rankings
The boys' section is headed by 17-year-old�Karan Rastogi, who is ranked 24th�among 48 boys.
Rastogi recently�performed very well at the Oska Mayor's World Super Junior Championships. He lost to World No. 1�Marcos Bhagdatis (who is also ranked 210 in ATP)�after being�three match-points up in the semi-finals.
For the first time, India also�has a player in the Top 10�boys' doubles, with�Divij Sharan, 17,�who won the Grade A doubles event in Japan along with Arun Prakash breaking in.
His partner, Prakash, is ranked 21.
Karan Rastogi and�Somdev Varman are ranked at 11 and 14 respectively. Rupesh Roy, who won both the eve
nts at Pakistan recently,�jumped up�100 spots to 191.
In the girls' category, the results are equally encouraging. Sania Mirza heads the�list�and is raked ranked No.�32 in�singles & No. 2 in doubles.
Fifteen-year-olds Sanaa Bhambri�and Tara Iyer�are ranked 51 and�83 respectively in the singles. The French Open girls' doubles semi-finalist�Bhambri is ranked�No. 19 in�doubles.