Three-time Olympian Manika Batra registered a gritty 3-2 win over USA`s Lily Zhang to stay in contention for a place in the knockouts of the ITTF Table Tennis World Cup in Macau on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old Batra rallied past Zhang 11-7, 11-2, 14-16, 5-11, 11-6 in a 43-minute Group 4 clash, bouncing back from her opening match defeat to Japan`s Miwa Harimoto.
In another match, world No. 43 Sreeja Akula suffered a 1-3 (11-8, 9-11, 13-15, 8-11) loss to Portugal`s Fu Yu in her Group 2 opener. She will next face China`s world No. 2 Wang Manyu on Wednesday.
In the men`s draw, Manav Thakkar faces a must-win situation against Sweden`s Olympic silver medallist Truls Moregard in Group 2 after going down 0-3 to Korea`s Park Ganghyeon in his opening match.
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