NEW DELHI: Manika Batra's remarkable journey at the Grand Smash tournament in Jeddah reached a bittersweet conclusion in the women's singles quarterfinals.
Despite her valiant efforts, she succumbed to a 1-4 defeat against Japan's Hina Hayata, marking the end of her historic run as the first Indian woman table tennis player to advance to the last eight stage of an elite WTT event.
