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Manika Batra
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India’s star female table tennis player Manika Batra’s journey in the WTT Champions Tournament ended in the quarter-finals. Manika had to face defeat in straight games against China’s Qian Tianyi in the quarter-finals. Manika was expected to perform better in this tournament, but the world number 30 Indian player had to face defeat against Tianyi 8-11, 8-11, 10-12 in just 25 minutes.
Manika, who has won several medals in the Commonwealth Games, gave a good fight to the opponent in all three games, but the Chinese player performed better on important points and registered victory. Manika, the first Indian to reach the WTT quarter-finals, defeated world number 14 Bernadette Jocs of Romania 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9 on Friday to reach the last eight.
Tianyi also caused an upset in the pre-quarterfinals by defeating world number four and top seed compatriot Yidi Wang 11-7, 11-9, 13-11. Another Indian participating in the WTT, world number 25 Sreeja Akula was defeated by world number 13 Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico in the first round itself, 6-11, 11-7, 11-1, 8-11, 11. Was defeated by -8.