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#2 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (Table Tennis)
The lad from Tamil Nadu has made quite an impact in the international circuit in the past few months. He became the highest ranked Indian, surpassing Achanta Sharath Kamal, to be ranked at World No. 49 in the ITTF Rankings in 2018.
He even defeated the 27th-ranked Yuya Oshima of Japan in the recently-concluded Qatar Open. Though it will be tough for him to win gold in singles as there will be few good players such as Gao Ning from Singapore and Aruna Quadri from Nigeria, he has got a great chance to win the top prize either in the team event or in the doubles.
As the Indians are strong contenders in the team event with four Indians in World Top-100. Along with Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan creating quite an impact on the doubles circuit, as well, recently winning bronze at the Belgium Open.
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