Manika Batra
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Sindhu, Manika, Mary Kom among positives on India's quiet Day 2 at Tokyo Olympics - In Photos
Sports | July 30, 2021 11:12 ISTPV Sindhu, Manika Batra, Mary Kom all made a positive start to their Tokyo Olympics journey on a rather disappointing day for the Indian contingent
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Special News | Manika Batra stuns world number 32 to reach third round in Tokyo Olympics
News | July 25, 2021 16:20 ISTIndia's table tennis star Manika Batra on Sunday upset world number 32 Margaryta Pesotska to reach the women's singles third round at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Manika Batra beats 20th seed Ukrainian Margaryta Pesotska 4-3
Sports | July 25, 2021 13:40 ISTManika Batra deserves all credit for the remarkable win after going 2-0 down earlier in the match. The No.1 Indian paddler looked in trouble waters after she conceded the first two games in 11 mins. However, she then engaged herself in long rallies with 20th seed Pesotska to take the game into decisive set with the scores tied at 3-3. She then gained early advantage in the final game and soon had five game points against the opponent; finally taking the game 11-7.
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Table Tennis: Manika Batra makes incredible comeback to enter third round in Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | July 25, 2021 14:20 ISTManika Batra entered the third round of women's singles with a stunning comeback against Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska.
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TT: Batra, Mukherjee off to promising start in singles after India's tame defeat in mixed doubles
Other Sports | July 24, 2021 16:42 ISTThe start to India's table tennis campaign was disappointing with Sharath Kamal and Manika losing 0-4 to the third seeds Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei in the mixed doubles round of 16.
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Manika Batra refuses national coach's help during first round match at Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | July 24, 2021 15:57 ISTWorld number 62 Manika won the match against 94th-ranked Tin-Tin Ho of Britain 4-0 but no one was sitting in the coach's corner and that attracted a lot of attention on social media.
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Tokyo Olympics: Draws for Indian paddlers out; Manika-Sharath to face Chinese Taipei pair
Other Sports | July 21, 2021 20:09 ISTSharath is slated to play against either Portugal's Tiago Apolónia or Nigeria's Olajide Omotayo in the second round of men's singles.
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Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra-Sharath Kamal emerge as medal contenders in mixed doubles table tennis
Other Sports | July 15, 2021 20:21 ISTManika and Sharath stunned the World No. 5 Korean duo of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon in Doha to clinch mixed doubles Olympic quota
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Derailed Olympic preparation back on track after paddler Manika Batra agrees to attend national camp
Other Sports | June 11, 2021 14:08 ISTEarlier, both Manika and G Sathiyan had expressed their unavailability to attend the camp, preferring to continue training in Pune and Chennai respectively with their coaches.
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Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra qualify for mixed doubles event at Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | March 20, 2021 21:20 ISTThe Indian duo made an incredible comeback in the final to win four successive games after losing the first two against the Korean World No.8 pair of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon.
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Sharath Kamal-Manika Batra enter final of Olympics qualifier event
Other Sports | March 19, 2021 22:01 ISTOn Thursday, all the four Indian paddlers Sharath, Manika, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee earned themselves singles spots at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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Manika Batra knocked out of World Singles Olympic Qualification Tournament
Other Sports | March 15, 2021 21:36 ISTManika suffered a 1-4 defeat to Monaco’s Xiaoxin Yang in the women’s singles knockout stage-I semi-final match
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Winning starts for Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee at Olympic qualification tourney
Other Sports | March 15, 2021 13:50 ISTThe Commonwealth Games gold medallist dominated Bulgaria's Maria Yovkova during her 11-5, 11-7, 11-4, 11-0 win in the opening round.
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World Singles Qualifiers: Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee win; Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan bow out
Other Sports | March 14, 2021 21:28 ISTManika dominated proceedings against Bulgaria's Maria Yovkova during her 11-5 11-7 11-4 11-0 win.
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WTT Contender: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula in final round of singles qualifiers
Other Sports | March 02, 2021 22:29 ISTManika Batra too inched closer to qualifying on Tuesday. She and Sreeja are now just a win away from making their way into the main draw.
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Didn't recommend Khel Ratna for myself: Manika Batra
Other Sports | August 30, 2020 9:41 ISTThis year's award came with its set of criticism as many questioned if Manika did enough to be recommended by the National Sports Award Selection Committee.
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TTFI recommends Manika Batra for prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
Other Sports | June 02, 2020 17:48 ISTManika, who missed out on India's highest sporting honour last year, is the first woman paddler from her country to win a singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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Delhi Police doing commendable job in testing times: Manika Batra
Other Sports | March 28, 2020 19:55 ISTThe Commonwealth Games gold medallist further said people are proud of the Delhi Police.
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Manika, Sathiyan enter pre-quarters at Hungarian Open
Other Sports | February 21, 2020 15:42 ISTManika Batra will next face World No. 11 Hirano Miu in her quest for a quarter-final berth.
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Indian women Table Tennis team's bid for Tokyo Olympics berth ends
Other Sports | January 25, 2020 20:29 ISTIndian women table tennis team's quest for a Tokyo Olympics berth ended on Saturday after losing to France 2-3 in a play-off match of the qualification tournament here.
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