India paddlers Sathiyan, Manika enter Round Two in Budapest

G Sathiyan and Manika Batra

Tokyo Olympic-returned Indian paddlers G Sathiyan and Manika Batra entered the pre-quarterfinals of their respective events at the WTT Contender Budapest 2021 tournament here.

Sathiyan beat France's Can Akkuzu 3-1 (14-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-4) in the men's singles opening round, Manika got the better of Sabina Winter of Germany 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 15-13, 11-5).

Harmeet Desai also progressed to second round, beating Csaba Andras of Hungary 3-2 (6-11 7-11 13-11 11-7 11-4), while Manav Thakkar beat Pavel Platanov of Belarus 3-0 (12-10 11-9 11-6).

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