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Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024: Ayhika’s rescue act helps India beat South Korea in quarterfinals, ensures first-ever medal

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Ayhika Mukherjee saved India’s blushes after she came from behind to help the women’s team beat South Korea 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Tuesday. With this win, the Indian women’s team confirmed its first-ever medal at the Asian championships hosted by the Asian Table Tennis … Read more

Manika Batra advances to pre-quarters in WTT Champions Montpellier

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India’s table tennis star Manika Batra produced a dominant performance to defeat America’s Lily Zhang 3-0 to advance into the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Champions here on Wednesday. Manika, who made history in Paris Olympics to become the first-ever Indian to reach the singles pre-quarterfinals, took less than 22 minutes to cruise to … Read more

Manika Batra upsets Bernadette Szocs, reaches WTT Champions quarterfinals in Montpellier

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Manika Batra stunned World No. 14 Bernadette Szocs to reach the quarterfinals of the WTT Champions event in Montpellier, France, on Friday night. World No. 30 Batra won 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9) in 29 minutes against the eighth-seeded Romanian in a closely contested round of 16 clash. The Indian saved two game points in … Read more

WTT Champions: Manika Batra’s campaign ends after defeat to China’s Tianyi in quarters

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Star paddler Manika Batra crashed out of the WTT Champions in the quarterfinal after a straight game defeat against China’s Qian Tianyi in Montpellier, France. The Indian, the world No. 30, went down to Tianyi 8-11, 8-11, 10-12 in just 25 minutes on Saturday night. Batra, a multiple Commonwealth Games medallist, fought well in all … Read more

Table Tennis Rankings: Manika Batra moves up to 26th, Sreeja stays at 25th after WTT Champions event in Montpellier

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Manika Batra moved up to 26th in the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Indian gained four spots after her run to the quarterfinals of the WTT Champions event in Montpellier. She defeated USA’s Lily Zhang in the first round before shocking World No. 14 Bernadette Szocs in … Read more

WTT Champions Frankfurt: Sreeja, Manika lose in opening round

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Indian challenge at the WTT Champions event in Frankfurt, Germany, ended on Tuesday after Sreeja Akula lost to Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz in straight games in the opening round. World No. 15 Diaz won 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-8) against World No. 24 Sreeja in just 18 minutes. READ | WTT Champions: Manika Batra’s campaign ends … Read more

Waldner Cup: Team Asia, featuring Manika Batra and Ma Long, wins inaugural edition

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Team Asia beat Team World to clinch the title at the inaugural Waldner Cup in Oslo, Norway, on Sunday. Team Asia — comprising India’s Manika Batra, China’s Chen Meng, South Korea’s Jang Woo-Jin, Lim Jong-Hoon and Shin Yu-Bin, and Kazakhstan’s Kirill Gerassimenko with Chinese great Ma Long as captain — beat Team World 14-10. Established … Read more

2024 Year in Sport, Table tennis: Historic firsts, big retirements and a promising future

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Just like badminton, table tennis was also another sport to be axed from the list of disciplines of the upcoming 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite this exclusion, Indian table tennis ticked off a number of firsts this year, with a couple of international stars calling time on their illustrious careers. Here are some … Read more

WTT Star Contender Chennai: Japan’s Harimoto, Hayata to headline singles events

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World No. 4 Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan and Hina Hayata, World No. 5 from Japan, will headline the men’s and women’s singles at the WTT Star Contender Chennai, set to be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium from March 25 to 30. Other star paddlers include Hugo Calderano (Brazil), Omar Assar (Egypt), Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany), … Read more

WTT Champions Incheon 2025: Manika, Sreeja exit in first round to end Indian challenge

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Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula were ousted from the WTT Champions Incheon tournament in the first round at the Inspire Arena in South Korea. World No. 27 Manika lost to China’s Qian Tianyi 1-3 on Tuesday. The Indian did peg a game back to restore parity after conceding the lead in the match, but the … Read more