Rohtak's Suhana Saini Becomes World Number One Ranked Player | 14 Sep 2023

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In the latest world rankings released by the Internal Table Tennis Federation on September 12, 2023, table tennis star Suhana Saini from Rohtak district of Haryana has secured the first position in the Youth Star Contender Table Tennis World Rankings due to her excellent game.

Key Points

• Suhana Saini has achieved this feat by pairing with Bangalore's Yashasvi Ghorpade.
• Earlier, this pair had also been world ranking number one from October 22, 2022 to March 7, 2023.
• Currently Suhana has world rank 15 in Under 17 singles and world rank 28 in Under 19 singles. Whereas in India Suhana is at number one in Under 19.