India's young table tennis player Manav Thakkar has secured his place in the world number one ranking in the under-21 singles category. In December, 19-year-old Manav won the ITTF Challenge plus Benemax Vargos North American Open in Markham, Canada and made it to the latest rankings.

He defeated Argentina's Martin Benetancore 11–3, 11–5, 11–6 in the final. He has become the fourth Indian to achieve the top ranking. Earlier, Harmeet Desai, G Sathiyan and Soumyajit Ghosh have achieved this distinction. Manav has also been number one in the Under-18s in February 2018.

He has also been a member of the Indian team that won a bronze medal in the Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018. Among other Indians in the ranking, G Sathian was successful in maintaining his 30th position. Achanta Sharath Kamal has moved up one place to 33rd position. Manika Batra remains in the 61st position in the women's category.

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