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#1 Manika Batra - Table Tennis
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She was India’s Cinderella girl for this edition of the Commonwealth Games. Before the games, any medal would have been good, as Singapore were too strong. They had the world no. 4 Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu in their ranks.
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But Manika, ranked 58th in the world, exceeded all expectations, to not only lead India to a gold medal in the team championships, but also in singles, beating both the higher ranked players from Singapore.
She used superb tactics to outwit higher ranked players and because of her performance, India managed to make a dent in the table tennis order at CWG.
Will she be able to translate this success at the ITTF Tour and on the world stage?
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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
