Asian Cup 2022: Manika Batra, one of many nation’s top-ranked skilled desk tennis gamers, made historical past on Saturday (November 19) in Bangkok, Thailand, by successful bronze within the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup competitors. She turned the primary Indian girl paddler to win a medal within the Asian Cup desk tennis competitors because of the historic victory.
Manika received her match in opposition to Hina Hayata, the sixth-ranked participant on the planet and a three-time Asian champion, 4-2 to take house the bronze. She had earlier misplaced to Mma Ito within the semifinal match, however that didn’t cease her from shifting on to the bronze medal match, the place she took centre stage and wrote a brand new historical past file.
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Manika Batra receives reward
She placed on an distinctive efficiency to defeat China’s Chen Xingtong, the seventh-ranked participant on the planet, within the opening spherical of the Asian Cup 2022 desk tennis match. She was honoured by various well-known folks after successful the bronze match, together with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Taking to Twitter, President Droupadi wrote, “Congratulations to Manika Batra for scripting sports history by becoming the first Indian woman table tennis player to win a medal in the Asian Cup. She defeated top-ranking players in the tournament. This win will inspire our youth, especially girls, to emulate her excellence.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote, “I congratulate Manika Batra for scripting history for Indian Table Tennis at the Asian Cup by winning a Bronze. Her success will inspire many athletes across India and make Table Tennis even more popular.”
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Manika Batra: Indian Table Tennis star
One of the good stars of the sport of desk tennis, Manika Batra has received a gold medal on the Commonwealth Games, two Olympic medals, amongst different awards. She turned the primary Indian girl to play singles and go to spherical 32 within the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
She gained notoriety when she returned from the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia with 4 medals, together with two gold ones. Prior to that, Batra received three gold medals within the South Asian Games in 2016 and made her Rio debut.
In Delhi, the place she declined modelling presents to give attention to sports activities, she began enjoying the sport at a younger age alongside her siblings. She desires to emulate Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu in badminton and desk tennis, respectively.
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