The ITTF added that the rankings for April 2020 will be evaluated and released as soon as the Executive Committee passes judgement, which is expected to be no later than April 15. Then the rankings will be frozen until paddlers are back to action.
During Wednesday's video conference where all ITTF staff were in attendance, ITTF CEO Steve Dainton underlined the need for all ITTF staff to stick together and make sacrifices to help the sport out of challenge caused by the pandemic
TTFI President and Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Dushyant Chautala has also committed to a substantial sum which will be sent by the federation to the PM's Relief Fund in due course of time, the statement added.
The ITTF met on the weekend to make the postponement decision and it will propose new dates this week.
Sathiyan on Monday pledged to donate Rs 1.25 lakh to fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed nearly 35,000 people globally.
Apart from ITTF events suspension, the ITTF Executive Committee also had proposal of new dates for the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships to be announced in the coming week.
The 14th ranked India player, who hails from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, was slated to return on March 24.
The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) had tried to rope in Canadian Dejan Papic last year but things did not work out as the latter decided to undergo a knee surgery when he was expected to join the squad.
Mudit Dani will now face Portugal's Marcos Freitas in the round-of-32, while Manush Shah will face a tough challenge from compatriot Achanta Sharath Kamal.
Among the men players, Sathiyan is the highest ranked Indian with 31st position in the singles rankings. While, Achanta Sharath Kamal (38) are the other three Indians to be ranked in the Top-100.
It is Sharath Kamal's second medal from the prestigious tournament. He also won a bronze with Manika Batra in mixed doubles.
Mohammed Shami was seen playing table tennis alongside Sanju Samson after India's dramatic victory over New Zealand in Hamilton.
The Indian men's table tennis team's quest for an Olympic berth ended in disappointment after it suffered a 1-3 defeat to Czech Republic in a play-off match of the qualifying event here.
Indian women table tennis team's quest for a Tokyo Olympics berth ended on Saturday after losing to France 2-3 in a play-off match of the qualification tournament here.
The fifth seeded men's team comprising G Sathiyan (world rank 30) and veteran Sharath Kamal (WR 33) was expected to get the better of 11th seeded Slovenia.
For the second time, New Delhi will host the EC meeting of International Table Tennis Federation.
Indian youngster Manav Thakkar jumped nine places to become the World No.1 table tennis player in the U-21 category.
The Indian men's table tennis team will train with the German side ahead of the 2020 Olympic qualifiers.
Sathiyan beat the higher-ranked Simon Gauzy of France and Jonathan Groth at the World Cup in Chengdu, China.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran's exploits at the World Table Tennis Cup has helped them better that.
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