Table tennis star Manika Batra participated in four events in last year’s Commonwealth Games but came out empty-handed.
India’s star player Manika Batra has reached her career-best ranking of 33rd in the women’s category in the latest World Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings. (Instagram Manika Batra)
The 27-year-old Manika, who won a historic bronze medal at the Asian Cup last November, reached the semi-finals of the WTT Contender tournament in Doha last week. This gave him 140 ranking points. (Instagram Manika Batra)
In the men’s rankings, veteran Sharath Kamal has moved up two places to 46th while G Sathiyan has slipped a place to 40th. (Instagram Manika Batra)
The mixed doubles pair of Manika and Sathiyan slipped a rung to sixth place at the Doha tournament despite reaching the semi-finals. Manika became the first Indian woman player to win a medal in the Asian Cup. (Instagram Manika Batra)
She upset world number five Japanese player Hina Hayata and China number seven Chen Jingtong before claiming a historic bronze medal in Bangkok. (Instagram Manika Batra)
By ntexpress
