Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah rose to 11th spot in men’s doubles in the latest ITTF rankings released on Tuesday. The Indian duo of Manav and Manush reached the quarterfinals of the recently concluded China Smash tournament and as a result, jumped five spots. Eighth seeded Manav and Manush received a bye in the opening … Read more
Manika Batra moved up to 26th in the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Indian gained four spots after her run to the quarterfinals of the WTT Champions event in Montpellier. She defeated USA’s Lily Zhang in the first round before shocking World No. 14 Bernadette Szocs in … Read more
On a day when Achanta Sharath Kamal, 42, began the last tournament of his professional career, 14-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick took her first steps at the senior level with a performance that defied her age. Two matches before Sharath’s much-awaited men’s singles opener against Anirban Ghosh, Divyanshi stepped onto the show court at the Nehru Indoor … Read more