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Syndrela Das Targets Asian Games Gold, Top-50 Ranking
Syndrela Das is a 17-year-old table tennis player from Kolkata.
She has been chosen for India’s senior team at the Asian Games.
She wants to help India win a gold medal.
She also wants to move from world number 99 into the top 50.
Das recently won two titles at the National Ranking Table Tennis Championships.
She trains for several hours each morning and evening.
She studies her matches with her coach to correct mistakes.
She says thinking positively about pressure has helped her play better.
Seventeen-year-old Syndrela Das has been selected for India’s senior women’s table tennis team at the Asian Games.
She aims to help India win gold while reaching the world’s top 50 as quickly as possible.
Das is currently ranked 99th in women’s singles and 27th in youth girls’ singles.
Her recent titles in women’s singles and under-19 girls’ singles at the National Ranking Championships strengthened her case.
She credits fitness, mental training, match analysis and daily practice for helping turn mistakes into improvement.
- Who
- Seventeen-year-old Indian table tennis player Syndrela Das.
- What
- She has joined India’s senior women’s team for the Asian Games and is targeting gold and a top-50 world ranking.
- Where
- She is Kolkata-based and will compete at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- When
- The report was published on September 15; her national championship titles came the previous month.
- Why
- She wants to help India win gold and improve her international ranking through continued training and match analysis.
Key facts
- Age
- 17
- Current women’s singles ranking
- World No. 99
- Current youth girls’ singles ranking
- World No. 27
- Recent achievement
- Won women’s singles and under-19 girls’ singles at the National Ranking Table Tennis Championships
- Asian Games goal
- Help India win the gold medal
- Personal goal
- Break into the world top 50 as quickly as possible
- Training routine
- Three to four hours in the morning and two to three hours in the evening, alongside fitness and gym work
Quotes
Syndrela Das
Indian table tennis player selected for the senior women’s Asian Games team
“For the country, of course, I am looking forward to the Asian Games and we would try to clinch the gold, of course. But personally, I would try to get into the top 50 as fast as possible.”
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“I would say this season is going very well because I have been selected for the Asian Games, Commonwealth Championships and also the Youth Olympics.”
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