Manika first capitulated 0-3 in the opening women's singles encounter to compatriot Archana Kamath, handing the 19-year-old biggest victory of her blossoming career.
It was an all-round dominance for India in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships title, as both men and women clinched the title.
It was an all-round dominance for India in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships title, as both men and women clinched the title.
The Kapil Sharma Show has been a party for sportspeople like wrestler Sakshi Malik, Yogeshwar Dutt along with tennis champion Manika Batra.
Talking about her training for the Olympics, Manika stated that she is working on her fitness and trying to learn new techniques so that she can be quick in her game.
Complimenting the athletes during an interaction at his residence, the Prime Minister said their exemplary performance has raised India's stature and pride.
As a result of these path-breaking performances, the country remained on course to better its previous edition's haul and tallied 54 medals -- 11 gold, 20 silver, and 23 bronze.
Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra settled for a bronze medal after they lost the Mixed Doubles Table Tennis semi-final 4-1 to China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha.
Delhi-based Manika had won an unprecedented four medals at the Games including two gold medals (team and singles), a silver (doubles) and bronze (mixed doubles.
The Indian contingent, comprising 17 players and officials, was scheduled to participate at the ITTF World Tour Australian Open starting today in Melbourne.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika took to social media to share her ordeal and asked Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Prime Minister's Office to look into the matter.
Both the men's and women's team have undergone one change each from the successful Commonwealth Games campaign.
CWG champ Manika Batra accepts PM Modi's fitness challenge, watch video
Kumaraswamy, who is currently heading the Congress-JD(S) alliance government in Karnataka, replied to PM Modi's challenge. The leader said that even though treadmill and yoga were regular part of his fitness routine, he would rather focus on development fitness of his state.
The 22-year-old paddler, with immense self-belief, wanted the same respect, attention and fanfare for table tennis as provided to other sports.
Batra created history in Gold Coast, single-handedly taking India to a maiden team gold before winning a singles gold, another first.
Till recently an emerging table-tennis star, Manika Batra has turned into an overnight sensation after her impressive run in the just-concluded Commonwealth Games, where she bagged medals in all four events on offer, including an unprecedented gold i
The 22-year-old upset triple Olympic medallist and World No.4 Feng Tianwei of Singapore to lead the Indian women's team to a historic gold before beating Singapore's second highest ranked Mengyu Yu in the women's singles semi-finals, on her way to another gold.
The Delhi girl set the real and the virtual world on fire following her jaw-dropping feat with none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the chorus of congratulatory messages.
Thanks to the lady luck, India concluded their Commonwealth Games 2018 campaign on the third spot with 66 medals, including 26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze.
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