Manika and Sharath stunned the World No. 5 Korean duo of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon in Doha to clinch mixed doubles Olympic quota
Sharath has missed only one Olympic Games (London 2012) since his debut at Athens in 2004.
The World No. 32 is a multiple-time gold medallist at the CWG but his bigger achievement is being part of the bronze-winning team at the 2018 Asian Games.
Gearing up for his fourth Olympics, Sharath said he is "mentally better" as compared to last year when India was hit by COVID-19 for the first time.
The Indian duo made an incredible comeback in the final to win four successive games after losing the first two against the Korean World No.8 pair of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon.
On Thursday, all the four Indian paddlers Sharath, Manika, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee earned themselves singles spots at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
The veteran Indian thrashed Rameez 11-4, 11-1, 11-5, 11-4 in little over 22 minutes in the second men's singles round-robin match in the South Asia group.
Manika dominated proceedings against Bulgaria's Maria Yovkova during her 11-5 11-7 11-4 11-0 win.
Sharath showed consistency in the first game against Dmitrij, who recently won the WTT Contenders title, and came close.
Sharath was playing his first international tournament after a year's break due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sathiyan had rued his missed chances against Sharath in the final at Cuttack a couple of years ago.
A national table tennis training camp, featuring Sharath Kamal along with 10 other players, will be held in Sonepat from October 28 to December 8, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said.
G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal and former player Neha Aggarwal are raising funds to help the TT fraternity members amid COVID--19 crisis.
Following the central government's decision to open sports stadiums and complexes without spectators last month, the TTFI had sought players' availability twice for the training camp, first for the beginning of June and then for June last week.
Sharath Kamal is in self-quarantine ever since he returned from Muscat.
Sharath Kamal pulled off a stunning victory against Russia's Kirill Skachkov to enter the men's singles final in Oman Open.
It is Sharath Kamal's second medal from the prestigious tournament. He also won a bronze with Manika Batra in mixed doubles.
G. Sathiyan and Archana Kamath defeated Singapore's Peng Yu En Koen–Goi Rui Xuan 3-0 in the final on Sunday to win mixed gold in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
It was an all-round dominance for India in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships title, as both men and women clinched the title.
It was an all-round dominance for India in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships title, as both men and women clinched the title.
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