Asian Cup Table Tennis 2022: Indian paddler Manika Batra on Friday grew to become the primary Indian girl to succeed in the semi-finals of the Asia Cup desk tennis event with massive victories over Chinese Taipei and world No. 23 Chen Hsu Yu right here. World quantity 44 Manika defeated Chen 4-3 (6-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 9/11, 11-9) within the ladies’s singles quarterfinals.

Manika’s work continues

Earlier, the 27-year-old Indian had defeated world quantity seven Chen Jingtong of China of their spherical of 16 match on Thursday. She will face the winner of the match between Korea’s Jeon Jihee and Japan’s Mima Ito within the semi-finals.

Recent outcomes have not been form to Batra, who hasn’t had fun in 2022 because of some off-the-field and on-court performances as properly. At the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, she didn’t win a single medal from her 4 medals gained on the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Paddler made an ideal comeback

Leading the workforce within the World Team occasion in October, Manika misplaced each her matches in India’s 2–3 defeat to Germany within the first encounter. But they gained the remaining two group matches as the ladies’s workforce certified for the knockouts after ending seventeenth final season. Earlier this month, Manika gained a combined doubles silver medal with associate G Sathiyan on the WTT Contender Nova Gorica in Slovenia, taking her to the world’s highest No. 5 spot within the combined doubles charts.