Manika Batra and G Sathiyan script history; 1st Indian pair in top 15 of World TT rankings

Indian Table Tennis mixed doubles pair of Manika Batra and G Sathiyan exited 2021 World Table Tennis Championships after facing a defeat in quarterfinal clash. However, Batra and Sathiyan made headlines following conclusion of tournament as y became latest pair to break into top 15 of Mixed Doubles in latest International Table Tennis Federation World Ranking list. Earlier in 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, pair of Gnanasekaran and Batra defeated Puerto Rico pair of Brian O’Neill Afanador Perez and Adriana Yamila Diaz Gonzalez, 11-2, 3-11, 11-7, and 11-0 in second round and pair of American TT player Kanak Jha and Chinese Wang Manyu in third round to reach quarter-finals.

Despite ir 11-5, 11-2, 7-11, 11-9 loss to Japanese pair of Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata in quarterfinal, Batra, and Sathiyan became first Indian pair to force ir way into top 15 rankings of World Table Tennis mixed doubles standings with 350 points to ir credit. Following ir performances in World TT Championships, Indian mixed-double pair made a leap of 11 places to break into top-15 in world. pair had previously won title at WTT Contenders in Budapest, earlier in year and reached semi-finals of WTT Contenders in Tunis.

Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath entered ITTF Top-10 Women's Doubles rankings

Apart from reaching top-15 in mixed-doubles rankings, Manika Batra alongside Archana Girish Kamath entered top-10 rankings by moving up four places. Kamath and Batra had previously won doubles title at WTT Contenders in Lasko. Meanwhile, having achieved milestone in ITTF mixed-double rankings, Sathiyan Ganasekaran took to his official Twitter handle and ackwledged incredible feat. With 909 points to ir credit, pair of Batra and Sathiyan w follow Aleksandr Khanin and Daria Trigolos of Belarus with 920 points. Meanwhile, Korean pair of Jang Woojin and Jeon Jihee and Spanish pair of Alvaro Robles and Maria Xiao at 16th and 17th place respectively. At same time, top spot in mixed doubles rankings is occupied by Japanese pair of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito.

Im: Twitter@Media_SAI