Vaishnavi and Maya achieve career-high rankings after Chennai Open

Following an impressive performance at the WTA 250 Chennai Open tournament held last week, India's Vaishnavi Adkar and Maya Rajeshwaran Revathi achieved new career-high positions in the singles rankings on Monday. Playing as local wild cards at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam, both Vaishnavi and Maya recorded their first tour-level victories.

India's top-ranked 21-year-old player, Vaishnavi Adkar, created a stir by defeating Britain's Jodie Burrage 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the first round. Jodie Burrage was a former world number 85 player. Subsequently, Vaishnavi lost to Russia's Anastasia Zakharova 3-6, 0-6. As a result of this performance, Vaishnavi has climbed 36 places in the latest WTA rankings to become world number 308.

On the other hand, 17-year-old Maya Rajeshwaran Revathi secured victories against two Polish players. She defeated world number 115 Katarzyna Kawa 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) and world number 277 Veronica Falkowska 6-4, 6-3. With this win, Maya has become the first Indian player since Sania Mirza in Pattaya City in 2012 to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA tour event. In the quarterfinals, she lost to America's Robin Montgomery 3-6, 3-6. Following this success, Maya has made a significant jump of 180 places in the rankings to reach world number 489.

In the tournament, the third local main draw wild card, Sahaja Yamalpalli, lost to Switzerland's Simona Waltert 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, causing her to slip two places in the rankings to 425th position.

In the doubles section, Rutuja Bhosale and Vaishnavi Adkar finished as runners-up at the Chennai Open. They were the first all-Indian pair to reach a tour-level final. In the final match, they lost to the Swiss pair Waltert and Naima Karamoko 2-6, 0-6. After this performance, 30-year-old Rutuja Bhosale has risen from 128th to 106th in the rankings, which is her career-high doubles ranking. Additionally, Vaishnavi has also risen from 359th to 212nd position.

According to a report by Sportstar, all these changes have been observed in the latest WTA rankings.