CWG: Manika storms into TT women s singles final

Gold Coast (Australia) April 14 (IANS) India s Manika Batra came through in a tight encounter to make her way through to the final of women s singles table tennis competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.

Manika defeated Tianwei Feng of Singapore 4-3 (12-10 5-11 11-8 5-11 5-11 11-9 13-11) in a topsy turvy encounter.

The Indian led two games to one before losing two games on the trot and trail the contest 2-3.

Manika however managed to bounce back strongly in the final two games to clinch the nail-biting contest at the end.

In the final later on Saturday Manika will take on another Singaporean Mengyu Yu who defeated Canada s Mo Zhang 4-1 (11-7 11-8 9-11 11-8 11-5) in the other semi-final.

Mo Zhang and Tianwei Feng will now battle it out for the bronze medal also on Saturday.

--IANS
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