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Manika Batra (born 15 June 1995) is an Indian table tennis player. She is the top female table tennis player in India and ranks world number 24 in ITTF as of May 2024. She is one of the female players who uses a long pimple rubber. She was awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2020.
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A Commonwealth Games gold medallist, a two-time Olympian and winner of multiple other honours, Manika Batra is one of the true stars of Indian table tennis. At Tokyo 2020, Manika Batra became the first women’s table tennis player from India to make it to the round of 32 in singles at an Olympics.
Manika Batra looked skyward and covered her head with her palms, before burying it briefly in a white towel. It was an unusual display of emotion for the Indian table tennis player. But then, this ...
May 17, 2024 · Manika Batra is looking ahead to the Paris 2024 Olympics on the back of her career-best ranking and as the top Indian female table tennis player.
May 14, 2024 · Ace women's table tennis player Manika Batra rose to a career-best singles ranking of 24 following her success in the Saudi Smash, becoming the first Indian woman paddler to break into the top-25 in world rankings.
Sep 23, 2019 · Manika Batra is the first Indian woman to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games. Three more medals followed at the 2016 South Asian Games, where she won the women’s doubles event with Pooja Sahasrabudhe and the mixed doubles event with Anthony Amalraj.
Jul 21, 2021 · New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: Manika Batra, who gave Indian table tennis a different identity in the world, has become an inspiration for the youth today. Manika did something similar for table tennis as to what Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu did for badminton.
May 8, 2024 · Manika Batra continued her dream run at Saudi Smash as she beat World No. 14 Nina Mittelham 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-7) to book her spot in the quarterfinals in Jeddah on Wednesday.
2 days ago · Manika Batra, ranked 24th, Sreeja Akula, ranked 41st, and Archana Kamath, ranked 103rd, will compete in the women’s team event. Ayhika Mukherjee and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan are the reserves for the women’s and men’s teams, respectively. Both Sathiyan and Ayhika will visit Paris. But they won’t stay at the Games Village. They will be called upon in the event of an injury.
