Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula entered the ladies’s singles quarterfinals within the desk tennis match of the Commonwealth Video games right here on Friday.
Batra steamrolled Australian Jee Minhyung 11-4 11-8 11-6 12-10 to ebook her position within the quarterfinal.The 27-year-old superstar paddler will now tackle Singapore’s Jian Zeng within the remaining eight-clash later this night.
Sreeja, alternatively, performed out a nerve-wracking come upon towards Charlotte Carey from Wales to safe herself a final 8 berth.The 24-year-old toiled arduous however held her nerves to overcome Carey 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, September 11, 11-4, 15-13, 12-10.
Sreeja will lock horns with Canada’s Mo Zhang within the quarter-final which could also be slated to be held later this night.Previous within the day, each Manika and Sreeja additionally reached the combined doubles quarterfinal occasions.
Batra and combined doubles spouse Sathiyan Gnanasekaran humbled Nigerians Olajide Omotayo and Ajoke Ojomu 11-7 11-6 11-7.The 2 will face Malaysia’s Javen Choong and Karen Lyne within the first quarter-final match on Friday.
Sreeja and her spouse Achanta Sharath Kamal, alternatively, got here from in the back of to overcome Malaysia’s Leond Chee Fang and Ho Ying 5-11 11-2 11-6 11-5.They’ll sq. up towards house favourites Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho in the second one quarterfinal conflict at the identical day.
In the meantime, Reeth Tennison, bowed out within the girls’s singles match after she went right down to Singapore’s Feng Tianwei in a spherical of 16 recreation.
The Singaporean Tianwei proved too sturdy for Tennisson and the latter was once overwhelmed T 11-2, 11-4, September 11, 11-3, 11-4.