28 October,2024 08:34 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Manika Batra
Star paddler Manika Batra crashed out of the WTT Champions after a quarter-final straight-game defeat to China's Qian Tianyi in Montpellier, France.
The World No. 30 Indian, 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 three games, but her Chinese opponent played the crunch points better to emerge the winner.
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The first Indian to enter the WTT quarter-finals, Batra had shocked World No. 14 Bernadette Szocs of Romania 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9 on Friday. Sreeja Akula, the other Indian competitor in the WTT and World No. 25, had made a first-round exit.
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