Table Tennis: Sathiyan jumps 43 places, Sreeja Akula rises to career-high 40 in ITTF World Rankings

NEW DELHI: Leading Indian table tennis player G Sathiyan on Tuesday leapfrogged 43 places to 60 while 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.

Veteran Sharath Kamal, who has dropped a place to be 35, continues to be the top-ranked Indian.

Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai also find themselves in the top 100. Manav, who reached the men’s doubles final in the WTT Feeder last week, has moved 11 spots to 63, while Harmeet has dropped two places to 67.

Like Sathiyan, the 25-year-old Sreeja who won her second WTT singles career title on Sunday.

Manika Batra held on to her 38th spot in the women’s singles rankings, while Archana Kamath advanced 13 places to 99. Agencies

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