According to the latest rankings issued on Monday, the left-handed Sharan is ranked 50th after gaining a place. He had reached the final of the last three tournaments he participated in, winning the ATP 250 European Open, while ending runner-up at Challenger events in Brest and Tashkent with different partners.
Germany's Angelique Kerber stunned home favourite Marion Bartoli 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 to win the Paris Open on Sunday and seal the first WTA tour title of her career.
Maria Sharapova had not completed a match since losing at Wimbledon in July, so the Russian was naturally thrilled to emerge with a victory at the WTA finals on Sunday after taking time to heal from a number of ailments.
Justine Henin-Hardenne clinched the year-end number one spot and a place in the final of the WTA Championships when she ended Maria Sharapova's 19-match winning streak.
Indian tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Boapnna, who enjoyed good runs on the Pro circuit last week, bowed out of the second Adelaide ATP and WTA tournaments after first round defeats with their respective partners, on Tuesday.
They will now take on Beygelzimer and Yuliana Fedak for a berth in the final.
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard quelled a second set fightback from India's Karman Kaur Thandi to win 6-2, 7-6 in the round of 16 and book a spot in the singles quarter-final of the Chennai Open WTA 250 tennis tournament.
Serena beat Meghann Shaughnessy while Sharapova beat Dinara Safina to move into the Los Angeles Open semi-finals.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis are in line to win their second title in a row as they breezed into the Miami Open final with a straight sets win over Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.
The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair stormed into the final of the China Open, beating the wild card Chinese duo of Chen Liang and Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 in the semi-finals, in Beijing, on Friday.
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 French Open which begins on Sunday
World number one Caroline Wozniacki defeated Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-4 Saturday to set up a final meeting with Russian Elena Vesnina at the Family Circle Cup.
'However, after my announcement and lengthy consultation with the WTA and USTA, I have agreed at their request to play on Friday. They offered to postpone all matches until Friday and in my mind that brings more attention to the movement. I want to thank the WTA and the Tournament for their support.'
The Russian made it to her first WTA Tour final with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Zheng Jie of China.
Maria Sharapova is used to having to rebuild from scratch after suffering a string of debilitating injuries throughout her career, but the Russian is still surprised at how well she is playing in her latest comeback at the WTA Finals.
Tournament favourite Serena Williams withdrew from the Italian Open on Saturday with a lower back injury, the WTA said.
Tatsuma Ito and Michal Przysiezny claimed the biggest wins of their careers at the Japan Open on Tuesday when the local wildcard knocked out top seed Stan Wawrinka and the Polish qualifier saved match points to beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Australia's Sam Stosur fought back from a set down to claim the Japan Open for a second time on Sunday and deny Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard her first WTA title.
The Indo-Aussie combination were beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Alona Bondarenko and Anastasia Yakimova
A round-up of all tennis action on Saturday.
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 Australian Open
The second seeded Russian will play her doubles partner Anna-Lena Groenefeld, in the Family Circle Cup.
Peng could be seen in the stands wearing a black knit hat with the Olympic rings on them and a black coat with the Chinese flag.
Justine Henin remained on course for a successful defence of her WTA Championships crown when she secured her place in the final with a spectacular win over Ana Ivanovic.
Sania Mirza is one win away from making the main draw of the women's singles of WTA AEGON International tournament as she reached the final round of the qualifiers with a hard-fought win over Georgia's Anna Tatishvili, in Eastbourne.
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina rallied from a set down to score a hard-fought victory over the Czech combo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka and enter the final of the WTA Indian Wells tournament. They will clash with the US pair of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.
Williams and Jabeur won their first two matches in the tournament and were scheduled to play in the semi-finals
'Of course, you don't wish this on anyone. You want these terrible things to be able to finish as fast as possible for all the people in the world to have a chance to have a good life.'
German Kerber has not won a title since and will now drop out of the world's top 10.
Kim Clijsters captured the Rogers Cup with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over fellow Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne.
Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14), 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title.
Caroline Wozniacki breezed into the final of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a commanding 6-2, 6-3 victory over her good friend Agnieszka Radwanska on Friday.
In the semi-finals, Clijsters beat defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova while Douchevina accounted for Roberta Vinci.
World number four Stan Wawrinka began the new season with a straight-sets victory over Viktor Troicki in his Brisbane International debut on Wednesday. Second seed Wawrinka edged out Troicki 7-6(5) 6-4 to maintain his perfect record against the Serbian whose seventh attempt at beating the Swiss failed at the Pat Rafter Arena. "I'm quite happy with my level at the start the year," Wawrinka said.
One year after shaking off a crippling foot injury to claim a stunning US Open victory, Sloane Stephens said her follow-up season felt just as good as the American prepares to play in next week's WTA Finals for the first time.
Sania Mirza and Edina Gallovits stunned fourth seeds Anna Smith and Zi Yan in straight sets to progress to the doubles semi-finals of the Guangzhou International Women's Open in Guangzhou, China.
Here are eight women to watch during the US Open which starts on Monday.
Angelique Kerber produced a stunning display of defensive tennis to see off the big-hitting Naomi Osaka 6-4 5-7 6-4 in a classic Red Group encounter between the last two Grand Slam champions at the WTA Finals on Wednesday. The victory evens up Kerber's record at 1-1 in round robin play as Osaka slumped to her second straight defeat at the season ending event, leaving the U.S. Open champion on the brink of elimination from the eight-woman tournament.
Holder Venus Williams completed her circuitous route to the WTA Championships final, beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to set up yet another showdown with sister Serena. Serena, who will end the year as world number one for the first time since 2002, got past Caroline Wozniacki after the Dane pulled out with a stomach injury when trailing 6-4, 0-1.
