Manika Batra wins India's first-ever women's singles table tennis gold
(PTI desk)
Manika Batra today won a first ever women's singles table tennis gold for India at the Commonwealth Games, blanking Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 in the final today. Earlier today, Batra showed that her crucial victory against world no. 4 Feng Tianwei in the team final was no fluke as the Indian edged out the Singaporean 4-3 in the women's singles semifinals. Here's more.
Batra can add a fourth medal in her tally
Earlier, Manika won gold in the women's team event. The 22-year-old had paired up with veteran Mouma Das to win the country's maiden women's doubles silver. She can add a fourth medal to the dream campaign when she plays the mixed doubles bronze play-off tomorrow.
