It was a great day for Indian table tennis as the men's doubles teams of Sharath-Sathiyan and Thakkar-Desai won bronze medals at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2021 in Doha, Qatar. The medals tally for India has gone up to three, with the men winning a bronze in the team event too.

The Indian paddlers -- singles and doubles, both -- sailed into the next rounds at the Asian Table Tennis Championship 2021 in Doha, on Saturday. After India clinched historic bronze in the men's team event, chances for another medal look bright as two doubles teams have entered quarters as well.

In a major relief to ace table tennis player Manika Batra, the Delhi High Court stayed TTFI's mandate on compulsory attendance to the national camp, in order to be eligible for selection in a tournament. The court also directed the Centre to conduct an inquiry into the complaint filed by Batra.

The entire controversy between Manika Batra and TTFI started when the ace paddler decided not to take the help of national coach Soumyadeep Roy, during Tokyo 2020. Later, after reporting about same, Batra did not feature in the national camp, which was a prerequisite to make it to the national team.