Manika Batra jumps 10 spots to achieve career-best singles ranking, rises to World No. 4 in doubles

In the best ranking across categories, Manika Batra and Archana Kamath are ranked world no 4 in the women’s doubles section while Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee are next best at world no 29. 

Ace Indian paddler Manika Batra attained a career-high singles ranking of 38 with a jump of 10 spots while G Sathiyan was the best placed Indian male at 34 in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. Veteran Achanta Saharath Kamal also gained a place to be world no 37 as most of the Indian players made fair gains in the latest charts.

While Sharath and Sathiyan are the only two male players in the top-100, there are three more apart from Manika in the women’s list. At no 66 is Archana Kamath, who has made a big leap from her previous rank of world no 92. Young Sreeja Akula, who is world no 68, has gained 39 spots from 107th position.

(1/2) NEW HIGH Climbed up a spot to achieve career best ranking of World rank 6 in Mixed Doubles alongwith @manikabatra_TT !

Also with my recent good performances in the international stage, moved up 5 places to WR 34 in Men Singles in the latest published WR list pic.twitter.com/GyfpHyJovQ

— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran OLY (@sathiyantt) May 3, 2022