Table Tennis
ITTF World C'ships: Manika Batra, Manav Thakkar advance to round of 64, Sathiyan exits - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the second day of the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Manika Batra. (Photo credit: Jio Cinema)
The second batch of Indian paddlers competed in the first round of the 2025 Table Tennis World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.
Five Indian paddlers, including Manika Batra, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, and Manav Thakkar, were in action at the singles round of 128 matches. In contrast, the men's doubles duo of Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai were in action for the round of 64 match.
In mixed doubles, both Indian pairs of Diya / Manush and Yashaswini / Harmeet began their campaign in the first round.
As it happened:
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- 18 May 2025 12:02 PM GMT
Ankur wins a great attacking rally to gain a slight lead in the game
Game-4: Ankur (IND) 7-5 Lam (HKG)
- 18 May 2025 11:59 AM GMT
Ankur trails by two games to one against Lam
After 3 games:
Ankur 11-4, 7-11, 9-11 Lam
- 18 May 2025 11:58 AM GMT
Ankur Bhattacharjee is in action for his first-round match
The youngster, Ankur, is taking on Lam Siu Shang of Hong Kong in his debut world championship match.
- 18 May 2025 11:46 AM GMT
Manav Thakkar advances to the second round with a fighting win
Manav Thakkar began his singles campaign with a five-game win over Timothy Choi of New Zealand.
He took a good lead from the opening two games but then both players started playing aggressive shots, leading into the errors. Eventually, the Indian used his experience to close the match in his favour.
Final Score: Manav Thakkar (IND) 4-1( 11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12) Timothy Choi (NZL)
- 18 May 2025 11:41 AM GMT
A brilliant point for Manav, stretching the game using long and wide rallies
Game 5: Manav Thakkar (IND) 14-12 Timothy Choi (NZL)
- 18 May 2025 11:36 AM GMT
Manav is four points away from the second round
Game 5: Manav Thakkar (IND) 7-5 Timothy Choi (NZL)
- 18 May 2025 11:35 AM GMT
Manav bounces back to take the fourth game after a couple of unforced errors by Choi
Game 4: Manav Thakkar (IND) 11-7 Timothy Choi (NZL)
- 18 May 2025 11:33 AM GMT
Both players are showing excellent display of attacking rallies, pushing powerful forehand smashes
Game 4: Manav Thakkar (IND) 6-6 Timothy Choi (NZL)
- 18 May 2025 11:30 AM GMT
An aggressive gameplay from Timothy, pulls back one game against Manav
Game 3: Manav Thakkar (IND) 6-11 Timothy Choi (NZL)
- 18 May 2025 11:22 AM GMT
Manav continues to dominate the rally, doubling his lead in the match
Game 2: Manav Thakkar (IND) 11-8 Timothy Choi (NZL)
