Sreeja Akula
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- World Team Championship Women 13 WTT Contender Muscat Women 7 WTT Star Contender Doha Women 7 WTT Star Contender Goa Women 5 WTT Feeder Beirut 2 Women 5 WTT Feeder Corpus Christi Women 5 WTT Contender Lagos Women 5 WTT Contender Doha Women 4 WTT Contender Zagreb Women Quals 4 WTT Contender Novo Gorica Women 4
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Wikipedia - Sreeja Akula
Sreeja Akula (born 31 July 1998) is an Indian table tennis player. She is a two-time Indian national champion. She is currently ranked India number one in women's singles. Akula received the Arjuna Award in 2022.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Akula won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Sharath Kamal. In June 2024, she became the first Indian to win a singles title at the WTT Contender level by clinching the top spot at WTT Contender Lagos.
She also became the second ever Indian paddler to reach the Pre-Quarterfinals in the Olympics at the Paris Olympics 2024.
History
Akula was the gold medalist in Women's Doubles and Women's Team events in Table tennis at the 2019 South Asian Games.
Akula won the women's singles and doubles table tennis titles at the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships held in April 2022. She was the runner-up in national Women's singles in the previous edition, losing to Manika Batra. She was also a part of the Indian team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she won gold medal in mixed doubles event with Sharath Kamal.
In January 2024, Sreeja won her maiden WTT singles career title at the WTT Feeder Corpus Christi in Texas. This was followed by her second singles career title at the WTT Feeder Beirut II in March 2024 where she beat Luxembourg's Sarah De Nutte 3-1 (6–11, 12–10, 11–5, 11–9) in the final. Sreeja defeated WR2 Chinese paddler Wang Yidi in a group match at 2024 World Team Championships, although her team narrowly lost the tie as 2–3. At the WTT Contender Lagos in June 2024, Akula became the first Indian to win a title at the Contender level. She achieved this feat by beating China's Ding Yijie with a 4–1 score in the ultimate clash. At the same event, she also won the women's doubles title alongside Archana Kamath.