Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal’s fine performance in the World Championship paid dividends as the Indian attained his career-best ranking of 72 in the latest ratings issued by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
The Chennai paddler, who pulled off a 4-1 upset victory against world number 39 Steger Bastian of Germany in the World Championship in Yokohama last week, climbed 13 rungs with 11661 points in his kitty in the ranking released on Thursday.
The Indian ace achieved his earlier best ranking when he figured 73rd in July, 2007.
Sharath, who regularly plays for the Super Division club San Sebastian in Spanish League, also defeated world number 95 Wang Jianfeng of Norway in the Championship, before bowing out in the third round of men’s singles.
Next big assignment before the lanky player will be 18th Commonwealth Championships commencing in Glasgow, Scotland on 19th May.
