CWG 2018 | Manika Batra's twin wins leads India to a women’s team gold in table tennis

04/08/2018

Manika Batra’s sensational performance in the final led India to a Table Tennis gold medal for the first time in the CWG history as they won 3-1 against Singapore. Batra won both her singles matches while Mouma Das and Madhurika Patkar won the doubles game to help India register their 7th gold.

The Indian women’s table tennis team earlier today (April 8) made history as they equalled their best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games by reaching the final here on Sunday.

In the final of the women’s team against Singapore, India won the first game with Manika Batra coming from behind to register a good win. She won the first set but dropped the next two sets, but a superb comeback ensured she won 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 against Tianwei Feng.

Singapore then drew level as Mengyu Yu defeated India’s Madhurika Patkar in straight sets as the former won 13-11, 11-2, 11-6. In the doubles game (third match), Mouma Das and Madhurika Patkar gave India the lead as they won a four-setter 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7.

In the fourth match of the final, Batra returned for her singles match and completely dominated it to win it 3-0. She won 11-7, 11-4 and 11-7 against Yihan Zhou to help India clinch the gold in the table-tennis women’s team event. It was India’s 7th gold medal as they registered their best ever performance in women’s table tennis at the Commonwealth Games.