Players from the Indian sub-continent currently occupy 4 of the top 10 spots in the latest ATP doubles rankings for the week ending June 13th.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi holds on to the no. 5 spot, followed by Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Huq Qureshi at no. 8, and Indians Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes at no. 9 and no. 10 respectively.
There are 3 North Americans in the top 10 - with the American Bryan brothers, Mike and Bob, jointly holding the no. 1 ranking and Canadian Daniel Nestor at no. 4.
Three European players complete the top 10 with Belarus' Max Mirnyi at no. 3, Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic at no. 6 and Jurgen Melzer at no. 7.
In the doubles team rankings, Paes-Bhupathi hold on to the third spot with Bopanna-Qureshi climb one spot to no. 5 on the back of their win in Halle.
In the ATP singles rankings, Somdev Devvarman drops one place to no. 68. He is followed by Vishnu Vardhan at no. 319 (up 5 spots), Karan Rastogi at no. 344 (up 2 spots), Yuki Bhambri at no. (up 2 spots) and Rohan Gajjar at no. 476 (up 8 spots). The big mover among Indians is Divij Sharan, who reached the finals of an ITF event last week. He is up 217 positions to no. 764.
In the WTA rankings, Sania Mirza drops two spots no. 60 in the singles rankings while holding on to the 14th position in the individual doubles ranking. Mirza and partner Elena Vesnina are third in the race to the year end WTA Championships, just 260 points behind second placed Maria Kirilenko and Victoria Azarenka.
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