The Indian paddlers Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, G Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee qualified for the Tokyo Olympics at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha this week.
Veteran table tennis star Sharath Kamal is set to make his fourth appearance at the Tokyo Olympics after he had a dominant win over Pakistan’s Muhammad Rameez. The other Indians to have qualified are Manika Batra, G Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee.
Manika Batra is the top-ranked female table tennis player in India and ranked 63rd in the world. She specialises in playing long-pimples on her backhand, a rubber which is not often played by top players.
She received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2020.
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Achanta Sharath Kamal is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become nine times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight times National Champion Kamlesh Mehta.
His current world rank is 41 and highest world ranking has been 30.
He is the recipient of the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri and Arjuna Award for the year 2004.
This is Sharath’s 4th appearance in Olympics at Tokyo. He had earlier been part of the Athens Games in 2004, Beijing in 2008 and Rio in 2016.
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Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is the first Indian Table Tennis player to break into the World Top-25 ITTF rankings when he attained his career-best ranking of World Ranking 24 in 2019.
He is currently ranked at number 32 in the world.
He is a recipient of the Arjuna Award (2018) and TOISA Table Tennis Player of the Year Award (2017)
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Sutirtha Mukherjee is an Indian paddler who broke her personal world record last year by ranking 95 in the ITTF World Rankings.
While she does not have as many international achievements as the rest of the Indian TT qualifiers, she is definitely one to watch in the upcoming Olympic Games!
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India’s Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal have qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis Mixed Doubles, after defeating the Korean team 4-2 in Asians Qualifiers Finals
The dates for the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals have been announced by the ITTF Group, the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA), and the city of Chengdu. From Sunday, April 17 through Tuesday, April 26, 2022, the event will take place. It is the time to start to choose a table tennis 7 Best Outdoor Ping Pong Tables - Expert Reviews (Jan. 2022)
ITTF President Petra Sörling said “I am thrilled to confirm the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals will be hosted in April in Chengdu”. We are thankful to our hosts, who have taken all necessary precautions to assure the flawless delivery of our premier event in these difficult times. After a triumphant end of 2021 that announced the sport’s worldwide relaunch, the table tennis family is looking forward to a full year of table tennis action."
