Manika Batra achieves career-best world ranking after showing at Asian Cup

Batra's ascent to the top follows an impressive performance in the recently finished 2022 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament, where she won the bronze medal. She then became the first Indian woman and only the second Indian overall to place on the podium at the coveted continental competition.

Manika Batra was ranked 44th in the world prior to the Asian Cup. She moved up five spots in the most recent standings to maintain her lead as the top female paddler from India with 740 points.

The only other Indians in the top 100 of the women's singles rankings are Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath, who continue to hold down positions 76 and 79, respectively. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Achanta Sharath Kamal continued to hold positions 39 and 44 in the men's singles rankings.