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Manika eyes top-15 spot, Worlds medal
Hindustan Times
|December 04, 2024
In a year where she became the first Indian paddler to reach the Round of 16 at the Olympics, beat a former world champion and world No.2 en route a run to her maiden quarter-finals at Saudi Smash, and entered history books as the first Indian table tennis player to reach the final eight in a WTT Champions event, Manika Batra is rather modest in her appraisal.
"It's been quite a balanced year," she says. "I have had some good wins and some bad losses. I would say reaching the third round at Paris Olympics was a highlight and I really savoured the win over world No.2 Wang Manyu. But I am certainly not done or satisfied. I always aim higher."
That means Batra has set her sights on a top-15 place for next year. Currently ranked 25th, two places behind Sreeja Akula who is the best-placed Indian woman in the world, the 29-year-old feels she has the game to consistently beat the world's best.
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