Star paddler Manika Batra fought hard before going down to Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico 3-4 (11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 3-11) in the Round of 32 as India’s campaign ended at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Wednesday.

Up against Diaz, ranked 13th in the ITTF chart, World No. 39 Manika took the first game before her opponent stepped on the pedal. It was a fairly balanced tie till the sixth game with both the players locked at 3-3.