Sathiyan Jumps 43 Places to Reach 60th Spot, Sreeja Rises to Career-high 40 in ITTF Rankings
Sathiyan, who has a career-best ranking of 24, had dropped out of the top 100 recently. The title in Beirut earned him 125 points.
Leading Indian table tennis player G Sathiyan leapfrogged 43 places to 60 on Tuesday. At the same time, Sreeja Akula rose to a career-high 40 in the ITTF World Rankings following their WTT Feeder Series title wins last week.
Sathiyan, who has a career-best ranking of 24, had dropped out of the top 100 recently. The title in Beirut earned him 125 points.
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Veteran Sharath Kamal, who dropped a place to 35, continues to be the top-ranked Indian.
Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai also find themselves in the top 100.
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Manav, who reached the men’s doubles final in the WTT Feeder last week, has moved 11 spots to be 63, while Harmeet has dropped two places to be 67.
Like Sathiyan, the 25-year-old Sreeja who won her second WTT singles career title on Sunday.
Manika Batra held her 38th spot in the women’s singles rankings while Archana Kamath advanced 13 places to be 99.
India has already qualified for the team events at the Paris Olympics. The Table Tennis Federation of India will decide two singles entries in men’s and women’s singles by May 16 after considering the world rankings at the time.
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