NEW DELHI: Indian desk tennis star Manika Batra showcased her abilities as she defeated Singapore’s Wong Xin Ru to safe a spot within the spherical of 32 on the World Desk Tennis Championships held in Durban on Tuesday.
Ranked 39th on this planet, Manika confronted little issue towards her opponent, who’s ranked 171st, and clinched a convincing 11-9, 14-12, 11-4, 11-Eight victory within the second spherical.
With this win, Manika has already achieved the most effective outcome for India within the singles competitors on the championships. Nonetheless, within the males’s singles class, each Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan exited the match after dealing with defeats within the spherical of 64.
Ranked 39th on this planet, Manika confronted little issue towards her opponent, who’s ranked 171st, and clinched a convincing 11-9, 14-12, 11-4, 11-Eight victory within the second spherical.
With this win, Manika has already achieved the most effective outcome for India within the singles competitors on the championships. Nonetheless, within the males’s singles class, each Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan exited the match after dealing with defeats within the spherical of 64.
Sharath, who had his match on Monday, bowed out of the match, whereas Sathiyan confronted a tricky problem towards the formidable world quantity 9, Dang Qiu of Germany. Sathiyan misplaced the match 6-11, 6-11, 5-11, 7-11 on Tuesday.
In a while Tuesday, Manika Batra and Sathiyan have been scheduled to compete within the blended doubles spherical of 16.
Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan will even take part within the males’s doubles pre-quarterfinal match, set to happen on Wednesday.
(With inputs from PTI)
