Manika Batra in action (Credit: X)
Batra took the heat to the China’s Wang, demolishing the World No.2 3-1 in games of 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10, in a mere 37 minutes to seal the deal.
It’s a glorious day for Indian Table Tennis as Manika Batra pulled off a stunner and defeated World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China to progress to the round of 16 of the Saudi Smash 2024 in Jeddah on Monday.
Batra took the heat to the China’s Wang, demolishing the World No.2 3-1 in games of 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10, in a mere 37 minutes to seal the deal.
‘Today was the biggest achievement of my singles career. I have been working hard in my training sessions with my coach, Aman Balgu along with my practice partner and trainers and my hard work paid off,” stated an elated Batra after her victory.
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“I am very happy because it wasn’t just a day’s hard work because it takes days, months and years of hard work to achieve such results. I want to thank everyone who was there for me, cheered me and supported me.”
“I fought for every ball in the game and I’ll keep that fighting spirit up in the next match and coming tournaments as well.”
Batra started the tournament off on a high as well, as she skilfully and expertly prevailed over Romania’s Andreea Dragoman in a 3 games straight of 11-6, 13-11, 11-8 on Saturday.
With her victory, Batra now will get to face Germany’s Nina Mittelham to try and book her slot in the quarterfinals next.
