World Table Tennis Contender | Manika surmounts Sreeja’s challenge, enters semifinals
The Hindu
To take on Elizabet Abraamian in semifinals; Harmeet-Manav beaten
Manika Batra had to dig deep to outlast Sreeja Akula 7-11, 11-1, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Contender Budapest here on Thursday. Manika will take on Elizabet Abraamian of Russia in the semifinals. Players of similar styles with pimpled rubber on the backhand, Manika and Sreeja dished out an entertaining contest of top quality. It was the 23-year-old Sreeja who came out all guns blazing. Be it her forehand top-spins or her backhand jabs and pushes, Sreeja was unfazed by her opponent’s reputation.
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