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TT: Manika stuns World No. 2 Chinese to enter pre-quarters

Updated on: 07 May,2024 04:41 AM IST  |  KAEC (Saudi Arabia)
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Though Manika lost the opening game to the Tokyo Olympics team gold medallist and 2021 World Champion, she fought back well to take the next two games

TT: Manika stuns World No. 2 Chinese to enter pre-quarters

Manika Batra

Indian table tennis star Manika Batra shocked World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China to secure the biggest win of her singles career and enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Saudi Smash here on Monday.


Manika, ranked 39, beat the second-seeded Chinese 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10 in just 37 minutes.


Though Manika lost the opening game to the Tokyo Olympics team gold medallist and 2021 World Champion, she fought back well to take the next two games.


In mixed doubles, Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade surprised the Spanish fifth-seeded pair of Alvaro Robles and Maria Xiao 3-2 (11-5, 5-11, 3-11, 11-7,11-7) to storm into the quarter-finals.

Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee defeated Mariam and Marwa Alhodaby 3-0 (11-7, 1-3, 11-4) to enter the pre-quarters.

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