Manika Batra moves to second round of ITTF World Table Tennis Championships
Table-tennis star and former Commonwealth Games winner, Manika Batra swept into the second round of the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on Sunday.
Table-tennis star and former Commonwealth Games winner, Manika Batra swept into the second round of the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on Sunday.
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India paddler Manika Batra outclassed Prithika Pavade of France in the table tennis women's singles round of 32 match of the ongoing Paris Olympics.
Batra's loss comes after Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost their respective men's singles matches on Saturday.
Star women paddler Manika Batra led the Indian performance with three wins across formats as main draw engagements in the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Goa, got underway here at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium.
Ho Ying and Leong Cheng Feng of Malaysia were defeated 3-1 by Akula and Kamal. The Indian duo won the match by scores of 5-11, 11-2, 11-6, and 11-5.
She came into the match when India was in lead by 1-0. Batra dominated her opponent Kalam and won the game 11-5, 11-3, 11-2.
Only the personal coach would know the strengths, weaknesses, skills and areas which a player should focus and strengthen. However, these Rules do not permit any personal coach/support staff, the plea adds.
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