<h5>Who is Manika Batra?</h5>  <p>Manika Batra, a Commonwealth Games gold medalist, a two-time Olympian, and the recipient of numerous other honours, is one of the finest Indian table tennis players. Batra was born on 15th June 1995. She is from Delhi and began playing table tennis when she was four years old.</p>
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Batra first gained recognition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, where she won four medals, two of which were gold. Before that, she had won three gold medals at the 2016 South Asian Games and made her Olympic debut at Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
Batra wants Indians to recognise the game through her performance. She wants to do the same thing for table tennis that PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal did for badminton in India (badminton gained recognition through their performances). Due to her performance, she ranks among the top 100 female table tennis players in the world.
She is a regular competitor at some of the world’s biggest table tennis events and has recently made history by becoming the first Indian female player to win a bronze medal at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)-Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) Asian Cup tournament (wow!).</p> <h5>What is the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/manika-batra-makes-history-at-the-asian-games-2022%2F4554.jpeg?alt=media&token=10a58be5-166d-4a65-aa1d-1978ec397cda" alt="What is the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament?" >
        <figcaption>Manika Batra attending a press meet after winning the bronze medal. Photo by Manika Batra.</figcaption>
      </figure> <p>It is a table tennis competition organised by the ITTF and the ATTU. The tournament was held from 17th November 2022 to 19th November 2022 at the Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. This tournament featured men's and women's singles events.</p>
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<p>Each country had a maximum of two players in each category. Each match consisted of seven games. A game is won by the first person to reach 11 points. From India, Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, and Manika Batra took part in this tournament.</p>
<p>This tournament was last held in 2019 and was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19. Chetan Baboor was the only Indian table tennis player to have won an Asian Cup medal, with silver in 1997 and bronze in 2000. Manika Batra performed well in the latest edition of this tournament to win a bronze medal for India.</p> <h5>How was her performance in this tournament?</h5>  <p>In round one, Manika Batra defeated world number 7 Chen Xingtong of China with a stunning performance. However, Batra was defeated by Japan's Mima Ito in the semi-final stage. Due to this defeat, she had to play against Hina Hayata of Japan for the bronze medal.</p>
<p>Manika Batra defeated three-time Asian champion Hayata to win the bronze medal. She became the first Indian to defeat two top-10 players in the same tournament. Batra also became the only Indian woman to have qualified for the tournament's semi-finals.</p>
<p>Many, including President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, praised her performance in this tournament.</p> <h5>What did we learn from this article?</h5>  <p>We learned that with hard work and dedication, all our goals can be achieved. Manika Batra worked hard to reach the position that she is currently in. We wish her all the best and hope that she wins more medals for the country.</p>
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Manika Batra represented India in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis tournament. She just became the first Indian female player to win a bronze medal in this tournament.

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