National Ranking TT: Harmeet, Yashaswini suffer shock exits; Manika, Sreeja also bow out

File Image: Sreeja Akula registered two victories to advance to the round of 32 of the National Ranking Table Tennis Championships. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

India’s Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra advanced to the round of 32 of the second National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Panchkula on Monday, setting up matches against Syndrela Das and Diya Chitale, respectively.

Representing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Sreeja defeated Karnataka’s Vanshika Deshana 12-10, 11-7, 11-5 before easing past Bengal’s Saanvi Roy 11-4, 11-4, 11-7.

She will next face top seed Syndrela, who received a first-round bye before beating Ditsa Roy 11-7, 11-6, 11-6.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika, representing the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), overcame Canara Bank’s Maria Rony 16-14, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7.

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She then recovered from losing the opening game against Food Corporation of India’s N.B.S. Thanuja to win 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 12-10.

Manika will take on third seed Diya, who defeated Delhi’s Garima Goel 11-4, 11-8, 11-7.

Second seed Yashaswini Ghorpade progressed with an 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 victory over Delhi’s Prisha Goel. She will next meet Tamil Nadu’s Ananya Muralidharan, who won the under-17 girls’ singles title on Sunday.

Fourth seed Sutirtha Mukherjee battled past Maharashtra’s Swara Karmarkar 7-11, 12-10, 11-1, 6-11, 11-4, while fifth seed Yashini Sivasankar advanced with a straight-game victory over Mukta Dalvi.