Manika Batra claims mixed doubles bronze in table tennis

Manika Batra also won India’s first-ever gold medal in the women’s singles event.

Manika Batra also won India’s first-ever gold medal in the women’s singles event.   | Photo Credit: AFP

Manika Batra’s sensational run at the Commonwealth Games fetched her another medal as she teamed up with G. Sathiyan to collect the mixed doubles bronze, thereby claiming a medal in every event she competed in here.

Batra and Sathiyan defeated the senior duo of A. Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das 11-6 11-2 11-4 to claim the honours in the bronze medal play off.

Batra had earlier won a historic women’s singles gold and was also a part of the top-finishing women’s team. In women’s doubles, she won a silver with Mouma Das.