Manika Batra and Manav Thakkar will lead the Indian challenge at the ITTF World Cup 2026, which starts on Monday in Macao, the People’s Republic of China.
Live streaming of the ITTF World Cup 2026 will be available to watch in India.
A combined total of 96 players will be participating in singles action across both the men’s and women’s categories at the upcoming ITTF World Cup.
Olympians Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula will represent India in the women’s competition this year while Asian Games medallist Manav Thakkar is the only one from the country in the men’s draw.
For each draw, the 48 players have been divided into 16 groups of three.
The table tennis World Cup will be conducted in two stages, beginning with the group stage played in a round-robin format, where each player competes against the other two in their respective group.
The top teams from each group will advance to the round of 16 stage, marking the start of the knockout stage which culminates with the final.
All group stage matches will be played in a best-of-five games format, while the knockouts will be best of seven.
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