Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula entered the women’s singles quarter-finals in the table tennis event here on Friday. Batra steamrolled Australian Jee Minhyung 11-4, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 to book her place in the quarter-final. The 27-year-old star paddler will now take on Singapore’s Jian Zeng in the last eight-clash.

Sreeja, on the other hand, played out a nerve-wracking encounter against Charlotte Carey from Wales to secure herself a last eight berth. The 24-year-old toiled hard but held her nerves to beat Carey 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-4, 15-13, 12-10. She will lock horns with Canada’s Mo Zhang in the quarter-final.

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