Table Tennis Nationals: Harmeet Desai, Manika Batra top seeds

India's top-ranked male player Harmeet Desai got the top seed in the men's singles at the 85th UTT Senior Nationals and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships while Manika Batra got the top billing in women's singles.

Manav Thakkar is ranked behind Desai at No. 88 and is seeded second for the championships. G Sathiyan (89) and A Sharath Kamal (94) follow the two in the world rankings and are seeded third and fourth respectively.

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