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Star Indian paddler Manika Batra shocked world No.14 Bernadette Szocs of Romania to enter the ladies singles quarterfinals of the WTT Champions occasion in Montpellier, France. The world No. 30 Indian received 3-1 (11-9 6-11 13-11 11-9) in 29 minutes towards the eighth-seeded Szocs in a spherical of 16 match on Friday evening. Batra, a a number of Commonwealth Video games medallist, saved two recreation factors within the third recreation to maintain her nostril forward after which sealed the tie within the subsequent recreation, changing her second match level.
Batra now enjoys a 6-5 lead within the head-to-head document towards Szocs.
She had additionally defeated Szocs in India’s 3-2 win over Romania within the pre-quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics.
Batra will subsequent face China’s Qian Tianyi on Saturday.
World No. 21 Qian shocked high seed and compatriot Wang Yidi 3-0 (11-7 11-9 13-11) in one other spherical of 16 match.
Batra had defeated USA’s Lily Zhang 3-0 (11-4 11-8 12-10) within the first spherical.
The opposite Indian in fray in girls’s singles, Sreeja Akula had misplaced 2-3 (11-6, 7-11, 1-11, 11-8, 8-11) towards world No. 13 Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico within the first spherical.
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