French favorite Prithika Pavard was the 18th seed in the world. It offers the best ping pong show of India, and it could be the first Indian rowers. They have entered into Olympic Games stage final 16 matches. She was born in Paris to parents who had just moved from India in 2003.
Manika was a nightmare for the French paddler as she used her brute force backhand play style to win straight sets against him with a score-line of 4-0.
No Indian went beyond round 16 at this year’s table tennis competition since its inception at Seoul Games (1988).
Manika achieved this rare feat by beating Indian Prithika in straight games lasting for just 37 minutes during their last 32 match. After an adjustment period, Manica came back to defeat Prague at Arena Sud (Paris) on Monday night with scores of 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 and 11-9. Rithika Night –
Manika said: “I am really happy that I made it this far. It’s one of my great tournaments and it’s fantastic that it happens here in France playing against French players and winning also. I have no plans to create history Instead just Go play every game and enjoy these Olympics as much as I can. “
The winner between Manika and number one seeds or Miu Hirano Japan will meet each other in a battle between hong kong china Zhu Chengzhu who is ranked 13th globally according to ITTF ranking.
