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NDTV
20-05-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Manav Thakkar Stretches World No. 4, Manika Batra disappoints at Worlds
Manav Thakkar put up a spirited fight against world number four Harimoto Tomokazu before going down in the round of 64 while Manika Batra produced an ordinary showing against lower-ranked Park Gahyeon to exit the World Table Tennis Championships on Tuesday. Thakkar, ranked 48th, matched his more accomplished Japanese opponent stroke for stroke in the third and fifth game before going down 11-13, 3-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 3-11. Though he lost, Thakkar would be pleased with his performance, having outlasted Harimoto in a number of long rallies through the match. In the women's singles, 46th ranked Manika looked out of sorts against world number 130 Park from South Korea. To Park's credit, she comfortably tackled the long pimpled rubber that Manika uses on the backhand. What contributed to Manika's downfall was a series of unforced errors from her forehand. The Indian lost 8-11, 7-11, 5-11, 8-11. A little later, 88th ranked Diya Chitale could not match the class of Chen I Ching from Chinese Taipei, losing 3-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 5-11.
The Hindu
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
World Table Tennis Championships: Thakkar stretches world no. 4, Manika disappoints
Manav Thakkar put up a spirited fight against world number four Harimoto Tomokazu before going down in the round of 64 while Manika Batra produced an ordinary showing against lower-ranked Park Gahyeon to exit the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha on Tuesday. Thakkar, ranked 48th, matched his more accomplished Japanese opponent stroke for stroke in the third and fifth game before going down 11-13, 3-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 3-11. Though he lost, Thakkar would be pleased with his performance, having outlasted Harimoto in a number of long rallies through the match. In the women's singles, 46th ranked Manika looked out of sorts against world number 130 Park from South Korea. To Park's credit, she comfortably tackled the long pimpled rubber that Manika uses on the backhand. Also read | Kidambi Srikanth advances to main draw of Malaysia Masters 2025 What contributed to Manika's downfall was a series of unforced errors from her forehand. The Indian lost 8-11, 7-11, 5-11, 8-11. A little later, 88th ranked Diya Chitale could not match the class of Chen I Ching from Chinese Taipei, losing 3-7, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 5-11.
United News of India
19-05-2025
- Sport
- United News of India
Manika, Manav in second round at World TT Championships
Doha, May 18 (UNI) Former Commonwealth Games champion Manika Batra breezed into the second round of the women's singles event at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025 here on Sunday. World No. 46 Manika outclassed Nigeria's Fatimo Bello, ranked 89th, in straight games 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2) in her opening round match. The Indian ace will next face Park Gahyeon, the 17-year-old prodigy from the Republic of Korea. In men's singles, India's top-ranked player Manav Thakkar (world No. 49) also made a strong start, defeating New Zealand's Timothy Choi 4-1 (11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12) to progress to the round of 64. However, teenager Ankur Bhattacharjee suffered an early exit. The 18-year-old went down 1-4 (11-4, 7-11, 9-11, 10-12, 8-11) to Hong Kong China's Lam Siu Hang, ranked 129th. In mixed doubles, Manush Shah and Diya Chitale, the WTT Contender Tunis champions, eased past Algeria's Mehdi Bouloussa and Malissa Nasri with a 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-6) victory to advance to the second round. Meanwhile, in men's doubles, the experienced pair of Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran fell short against Austria's Maciej Kolodziejczyk and Moldova's Vladislav Ursu, losing 1-3 (9-11, 12-10, 14-16, 10-12) in a closely-fought encounter. Desai's mixed doubles campaign also ended in disappointment. Partnering Yashaswini Ghorpade, the Indian duo let slip a 2-0 lead and three match points to lose 2-3 (11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 10-12) against France's Thibault Poret and Leana Hochart. Later in the day, Poret will face Sathiyan in the men's singles round of 128, while Yashaswini is set to meet France's Jia Nan Yuan in the women's singles draw. UNI BDN RN
