By Gaurav Kumar21, Nov 2022 01:55 PMjagranjosh.com
Indian Table Tennis Player Manika Batra won the Asian Cup 2022 women’s singles bronze medal on November 18, 2022.
Manika Batra defeated World No. 6 Hina Hayata of Japan to win bronze.
With the win, Manika Batra became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament.
Manika Batra, at the Huamark Indoor Stadium, defeated Hina Hayata, the 2021 Table Tennis World Cup Bronze Medallist, by 4-2 (11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 11-12) in the medal match.
Manika Batra is India’s top-ranked table tennis player at World No. 44.
Manika Batra had defeated world no. 23 Chen Szu Yu of Chinese Taipei in a thrilling quarter-final to become the first Indian woman to make the tournament’s semi-final stage.