Manika Batra Exits WTT Champions After Quarterfinal Loss to China’s Qian Tianyi Sports: Table Tennis

WTT Champions: Manika lost in quarterfinals New Delhi. Star table tennis player Manika Batra is out of the WTT Champions tournament. In the quarter-finals of the ongoing tournament in Montpellier, France, she was defeated by China’s Qian Tianyi in consecutive games. The world number 30 Indian player lost to Tianyi 8-11, 8-11, 10-12 in the match held on Saturday night. Another Indian participating in the WTT, world number 25 Shreeja 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. Manika, the first Indian to reach the WTT quarter-finals, defeated 14th-ranked Bernadette Jocs of Romania 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9 to reach the last eight.