FILE PHOTO: India’s Vaishnavi Adkar (left) and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (right) have made significant gains in the latest WTA Rankings after their performances at last week’s WTA 250 Chennai Open. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU

India’s Vaishnavi Adkar and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi achieved new career-high singles rankings on Monday after last week’s WTA 250 Chennai Open.

Local wild cards Vaishnavi and Maaya both recorded their maiden Tour-level wins during the event held at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam.

Vaishnavi, who is India’s top-ranked player, stunned Britain’s Jodie Burrage, former World No. 85, with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 scoreline in the first round before losing 3-6, 0-6 to Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova. As a result, the 21-year-old gained 36 places in the latest WTA Rankings to become World No. 308.

The 17-year-old Maaya registered upsets over Polish players - World No. 115 Katarzyna Kawa 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) and World No. 277 Weronika Falkowska 6-4, 6-3 - to become the first Indian since Sania Mirza (Pattaya City, 2012) to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA Tour event. She went down 3-6, 3-6 to USA’s Robin Montgomery in the last-eight fixture.

The teenager made a massive jump of 180 spots to become World No. 489.

Sahaja Yamalapalli, the third local main draw wild card in the tournament, suffered a 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 loss to Switzerland’s Simona Waltert. Sahaja slipped two spots to No. 425 in the rankings.

In doubles, Rutuja Bhosale inched closed to Top 100 in the WTA Rankings after she and Vaishnavi finished as runners-up in Chennai.

Rutuja and Vaishnavi - the first-ever all-Indian pair to reach a Tour-level final - lost 2-6, 0-6 to the Swiss duo of Waltert and Naima Karamoko in the summit clash.

The 30-year-old Rutuja has moved up from No. 128 to No. 106, achieving a new career-high doubles ranking. Vaishnavi too jumped from No. 359 to No. 212.