26 Feb 2013

WTA win boosts Eravkovic's ranking

6:38 am on 26 February 2013

The New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic has seen her WTA singles ranking improve nine places as a result of her triumph at Memphis over the weekend.

Erakovic has gone from 71 to 62 in the latest rankings.

Erakovic has a career high singles ranking of 39 which she achieved in May last year.

The 24-year-old will train in Florida this week before moving on to big tournaments in Indian Wells followed by Miami.