G Sathiyan and Manika Batra break into Top 10 in mixed doubles
India’s table tennis team of Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Manika Batra have broken into the world’s Top 10 rankings in mixed doubles.
💥HUGE MILESTONE💥
Breaking into Top-10 in the World in Mixed Doubles along with @manikabatra_TT in the latest world ranking list✌️💪#sathiyantt #manikabatra #tabletennis #newmilestone #targettop5 #WR10 pic.twitter.com/y1AnYnqDsx— Sathiyan Gnanasekaran OLY (@sathiyantt) February 18, 2022
Before the 2021 season, the duo had last played together at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. But when they got together after the Tokyo Olympics, they went on to win the World Table Tennis Contenders title in Budapest, Hungary in their first outing together.
Congratulations @manikabatra_TT & @sathiyantt!🥳
Our 🇮🇳 paddlers have reached new heights by climbing into the ITTF ranking of No.10 in Mixed Doubles.#UltimateTableTennis #LevelAlagHai #TableTennis #PingPong #PingPongIndia #TableTennisIndia #IndianTableTennis #ITTFRanking pic.twitter.com/NEOw1maRXX
— Ultimate Table Tennis (@UltTableTennis) February 19, 2022
Thereon they’ve reached the semi-final of the Contenders event in Tunisia, and even made an impressive run to the quarterfinal of the World Championships in Houston last year.
The idea to get together has been to forge a strong partnership for the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and the Paris 2024 Olympics.