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Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal becomes higest ranked Indian paddler
Riding on title winning performance at the Oman Open last month, veteran Sharath took a leap of seven spots to claim 31st position. "Some positive news, amidst all the negativity currently. Feels great actually. Just the news I needed while I find myself away from the game during this lockdown," an elated Sharath said.
Mudit Dani (Image: TTFI)
India's young rising paddler Mudit Dani also made notable progress in the senior men's rankings as he broke into the Top-200 for the first time in his career. After good performance in the recent events, Dani took a jump of nine places to claim the 200th position while Harmeet Desai (72), Anthony Amalraj (100) and Manav Thakkar (139) are the other Indian men paddlers who have positioned themselves in the first 200.
Meanwhile, in the senior women's rankings, Manika Batra is at 63rd position while Sutirtha Mukharjee at 95th, breaking into the top 100.
The ITTF rankings will now be frozen until the start of events. ITTF has already suspended all its events until June 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
