CWG 2022: Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula through to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles table tennis event

India’s star table tennis player Manika Batra has advanced to the quarterfinal of the women`s singles category after defeating Minhyung Jee of Australia in her round of 16 match at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Friday.

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Batra was at her very best in her 4-0 win. She won the match against her Aussie opponent by 11-4, 11-8. 11-6, 12-10. Minhyung was absolutely overwhelmed by the great strokeplay and agility of her opponent as she barely got to have an advantage over Batra. In her women`s quarterfinal today later, Batra will take on Zeng Jian of Singapore. 

Sreeja Akula also advanced to the quarterfinal of the women’s singles category after winning against Wales` Charlotte Carey in her round of 16 match. The match was a tightly contested one and the Indians emerged victorious by 4-3. Akula won the game by a margin of 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-4, 15-13, 12-10.

Akula was not off to a good start as she lost the first game. She made a comeback with a win in second but lost the next two and was trailing 1-3. However, she made it 3-3 by winning her next two games and clinched the final game as well to secure a quarterfinal spot. 

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On the other hand, Reeth Tennison lost her pre-quarters match against Tianwei Fang of Singapore and crashed out of the race for a medal in the women’s singles category. She lost the match by 1-4 and margin of 2-11, 4-11, 11-9, 3-11, 4-11.