Sports: Manika Batra scores career best win by defeating second seed Wang Manyu of China

Before the Paris Olympics, India's experienced female table tennis player Manika Batra has performed brilliantly in the Saudi Smash tournament. Manika reached the pre-quarterfinals with the biggest win of her singles career by defeating world number two Wang Manyu of China. World number 39 player Manika defeated the Chinese player 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10 in a match that lasted 37 minutes.

In mixed doubles, Ghorpade pair of Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini defeated Spain's fifth seeded Alvaro Robles and Maria Gioni 3-2 (11-5, 5-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11) to reach the quarter-finals. I entered. -7). The Indian pair had earlier made a winning start to their campaign by defeating the Chilean pair of Nicolas Burgos and Paulina Vega with the scores of 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-5. Asian Games bronze medalists Ayhika and Sutirtha Mukherjee defeated Maryam and Marwa Alhodabi 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 to enter the women's doubles pre-quarterfinals.