Paris 2024 Olympics: Manika Batra wins Round of 32 encounter against France’s Prithika Pavade

With the win, the Indian 18th seed became the first athlete from her country to seal progress to the round of 16 in the Olympic Games in table tennis.

India’s Manika Batra plays against Britain’s Anna Hursey during a women’s singles round of 64 table tennis game at the 2024 Summer Olympics. | Photo Credit: PTI

Indian paddler Manika Batra sealed qualification to the Round of 16 of the Table Tennis women’s singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday with a 11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 win over France’s 12th-seeded Prithika Pavade.

With the win, the Indian 18th seed became the first athlete from her country to seal progress to the round of 16 in the Olympic Games in table tennis.

After a close first game, Manika led comfortably in the rest of the games, before conceding a flurry of points at the end, but the 29-year-old managed to pull through and seal the win.

Manika will face either Hong Kong China’s Zhu Chengzhu or eighth-seeded Japanese player Miu Hirano next.