In a stunning punch-above-weight victory, India's star paddler Manika Batra defeated world number 2 Wang Manyu of China to advance to the round of 16 at the Saudi Smash in Jeddah on Monday (May 6, 2024). Batra prevailed over Wang 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10) in 37 minutes, and will next face Germany라이브 바카라 Nina Mittelham for a spot in the quarter-finals. (More Sports News)
Batra, who was upstaged by Sreeja Akula as the top-ranked Indian women's singles table tennis player (Sreeja at number 38, Batra 39), put up a strong show to upset the fancied Chinese. She had earlier notched up a 3-0 (11-6, 13-11, 11-8) victory over Romania라이브 바카라 Andreea Dragoman on Saturday.
Meanwhile, there was another encouraging result from an Indian perspective at the event. The mixed doubles pair of Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade vanquished the fifth-seeded Spanish duo of Alvaro Robles and Maria Xiao 3-2 (11-5, 5-11, 3-11, 11-7,11-7) to enter the quarter-finals. Harmeet and Yashaswini had beaten Chile라이브 바카라 Nicolas Burgos and Paulina Vega 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-5) in their first-round match.
The Asian Games bronze medallist Mukherjee sisters Ayhika and Sutirtha will later lock horns with Egypt라이브 바카라 Mariam and Marwa Alhodaby in the women라이브 바카라 doubles round of 32.
