NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympian Manika Batra shocked sixth seed Miyuu Kihara of Japan to reach the second round of the WTT Contender event in Taiyuan, China, on Thursday.
World No. 49 Manika defeated World No. 25 Kihara 3-2 (11-8, 10-12, 14-12, 9-11, 11-7) in 43 minutes to set up a round-of-16 clash against Miu Hirano, another Japanese paddler currently ranked 36th in the ITTF Rankings. Agencies
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