ITTF releases list, four Indian table tennis players confirmed for Tokyo 2020
Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will be competing in three events at Tokyo Olympics.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITFF) has confirmed that four Indian players - Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran - will be competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In the men’s singles, veteran Sharath Kamal, making his fourth appearance at the Summer Games, will be accompanied by Sathiyan Gnanasekaran while Manika Batra and Suthirtha Mukherjee will be competing in the women’s singles.
The mixed doubles event, which makes its debut at Tokyo 2020, will feature the duo of Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal, along with 15 other pairs from across the world.
A total of 65 men and 70 women will be competing in the respective singles event.
The 25-year-old Sutirtha Mukherjee qualified for her maiden Olympic Games by topping the South Asia group at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament while Manika Batra, making her second successive Olympics appearance, sealed her berth by finishing as the highest-ranked second-placed player in the same group.
Ace Indian TT player and the world No. 32 Sharath Kamal and 38th-ranked Sathiyan Gnanasekaran also booked their tickets to Tokyo with wins at the Asian Olympic qualifiers.
The mixed doubles duo Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra confirmed their spots at the big-ticket event after winning the final at the continental qualifier in Doha.
India table tennis players qualified for Tokyo Olympics
Men’s singles
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Sharath Kamal Achanta
Women’s singles
Manika Batra
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Mixed doubles
Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal