The 27-year-old had produced a particular efficiency to win India’s first ever medal on the Asian Cup in November. She had shocked world quantity 5 Hina Hayata of Japan and world quantity seven Chen Xingtong of China on strategy to securing a historic bronze in Bangkok.

That effort fetched her 175 factors within the rankings, contributing to her rise. She had additionally reached the semifinals of two WTT Contender occasions in Hungary and Slovenia.

“The Asian Cup efficiency was absolutely amongst my finest alongside the run on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games. I loved my recreation and was very assured,” Manika instructed PTI.

The Asian Cup medal got here after she returned residence empty handed from the 2022 Commonwealth Video games in Birmingham. 4 years earlier in Gold Coast, she had pocketed 4 medals, together with two gold in an unprecedented run.

She can be in motion later this week on the Asian qualification occasion in Doha for the World Championships. She can even be in Doha for the WTT Contender later this month earlier than that includes within the WTT Star Contender in Goa subsequent month.

Within the males’s rankings, G Sathiyan remained in thirty ninth place whereas veteran Sharath Kamal slipped three spots to be forty seventh.