Not solely did she safe her standing as India’s top-ranked participant as soon as once more, surpassing Sreeja Akula, however at 25 years previous, Manika additionally etched her identify in historical past as the primary Indian lady to interrupt into the highest 25 singles rankings.
Her achievement mirrors the feat of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, who reached the identical rank in 2019, marking the very best singles rating attained by an Indian.
Manika’s exceptional rise was fueled by her stellar efficiency on the Saudi Smash match final week, the place she orchestrated a shocking upset by defeating the formidable world No. 2 and Olympic medallist Wang Manyu of China. Subsequently, she vanquished Nina Mittelham, ranked 14th globally, to safe a spot within the quarterfinals, the place she confronted a troublesome problem in opposition to Hina Hayata of Japan, finally ending her marketing campaign at that stage.
Within the males’s singles rankings, Achanta Sharath Kamal, the seasoned campaigner, slipped three locations however maintained his standing because the highest-ranked Indian at No. 40. In the meantime, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai occupy the 62nd and 63rd positions, respectively.
Shifting focus to doubles, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee ascended one spot to say the 13th place in girls’s doubles, whereas Thakkar and Manush Shah dropped three locations, settling at 15th within the males’s doubles class.
In combined doubles, the duo of Manika and Sathiyan holds regular on the 24th spot, regardless of slipping one place.
