On Wednesday, Manika Batra’s remarkable journey at the Paris Olympics came to an end when she lost 1-4 against Japanese player Miu Hirano, who is rated higher.
The Paris Olympics proved to be too much for Indian star Manika Batra, as she lost 1-4 to higher-ranked Japanese player Miu Hirano in the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday.
An error-prone Batra lost 6-11 9-11 11-9 14-12 8-11 6-11 in 47 minutes.
With a 4-0 victory over France’s world number 18 player Prithika Pavade on Monday, 29-year-old Batra became the first Indian table tennis player to advance to the round of 16 at the Olympics.
After defeating France’s world number 18 player, Prithika Pavade, 4-0 on Monday, Batra, 29, became the first table tennis player from India to advance to the round of 16 in the Olympics.
Hirano has now defeated the Indian five times in a row.
Compatriot Sreeja Akula advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals earlier in the day.
Batra, a gold medallist from the Commonwealth Games, advanced to the round of 32 in the previous three years of the Tokyo Olympics.
