Asian Cup Table Tennis: After losing the semifinal of the tournament, Batra outclassed Hayata in the Bronze medal match to script history.
Manika has been in splendid form this season, earlier beating world No. 7 Chen Xingtong on Thursday in the round of 16.
National Games 2022: In the semifinals, Harmeet defeated World No.37 G Sathiyan while Sutirtha defeated Manika Batra in the last four clash. This is Harmeet's second Gold in the Games while Sutirtha has bagged three Gold medals.
At the Birmingham CWG, the 27-year-old failed to defend her title in the women's singles as she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the lower-ranked Jian Zeng of Singapore in straight games.
The Indian duo of Sathiyan and Batra, ranked world No 7 lost to the world No 1 pair of Cheng I-Ching and Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei 3-0 (4-11, 5-11, 3-11) in the mixed doubles final at the Lusail Sports Arena.
Manika, who recently broke into the top-50 of world rankings, had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court after she was not included in the team for the Asian Championships. TTFI had excluded her as she did not attend the national camp before the event.
Batra has reached a career high 50th in the latest ITTF rankings.
Batra had another opportunity to create history but she faltered yet again, losing the women's doubles quarterfinals with her partner Archana Kamath in straight games.
Manika and Archana Kamath defeated Hungary's Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4 11-9 6-11 11-7 in the women's doubles round of 16 here on Friday.
G Sathiyan lost 3-4 (9-11, 11-7, 15-13, 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11) to the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Quadri Aruna of Nigeria in the men's singles. With Sathiyan's loss, India's singles campaign at the tournament came to an end.
Sharath Kamal bowed out of the men's singles competition in the first round while Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the women's singles second round.
The Delhi High Court Monday sought the Centre's stand on a petition by Manika Batra, who was left out of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Asian Table Tennis Championships by TTFI.
In the absence of the world number 56th player, 97th-ranked Sutirtha Mukherjee will lead the women's team.
TTFI-vice president Chiranjib Choudhuri has been named the chairman of the inquiry panel which has to submit its report within six weeks.
TTFI president and Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, Dushyant Chautala, is expected to attend the meeting.
Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) secretary Arun Banerjee has questioned the timing of Manika's allegations against Roy.
Manika had made history at the Tokyo Olympic Games by becoming the first TT player from the country to reach the third round at the Games before losing to Austria's Sofia Polcanova.
Responding to the Table Tennis Federation of India's show-cause notice, Manika strongly denied that she brought disrepute to the game by refusing Roy's help.
Manika said the authorities, including the Table Tennis Federation of India, should not mind personal coaches travelling with the players even in multi-sport events like the Olympics.
Manika wants to continue with her training regimen in Pune while Sathiyan is playing in the Polish league.
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