Sreeja eyes Paris singles and team quotas at Worlds
Hindustan Times|February 16, 2024
A lot of things have come slightly belatedly in the table tennis career of Sreeja Akula: her first international singles title, a breakthrough in the top 50 world rankings. What she does hope to lock in early, however, is a 2024 Paris Olympics spot, both for the Indian women's team and herself.
Rutvick Mehta
Sreeja eyes Paris singles and team quotas at Worlds

The ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals, beginning in Busan from Friday, presents the first opportunity to do that (it's the last for team events; singles spots can still be booked via continental qualifiers and world rankings later this year). A total of 40 teams will vie for the eight team quota spots on offer for men and women each, with every qualified team also getting two quota places for the singles events.

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