Star Indian paddler Manika Batra reached the women’s singles semi-final at the WTT Contender meet after beating country woman Sreeja Akula and then paired up with G Sathiyan to make it to the title round of mixed doubles event, here on Thursday.
In the women’s singles quarter-final, Manika beat Sreeja 3-2 with the scoreline reading 7-11, 11-1, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 in favour of the two-time Olympian.
In the mixed doubles event, Manika and Sathiyan crushed the pairing of Aliaksandr Khanin and Daria Trigolos Belarus by 3-0 margin.
The Indian pair won 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 and will now meet Hungarian pair of Nandor Ecseki and Doria Madarasz.
Kamble in semis
Rohan Kamble gave the Indian contingent reason to smile by making it to the men’s 400m hurdles semi-finals in the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nariobi on Thursday. He clocked 55.00 seconds when all he needed to do was finish the race.
He was the only Indian athlete who progressed to the next round a day after the country's 4x400m relay mixed team claimed Bronze.