Three-time Olympian Manika Batra staged a thrilling 3-2 comeback against USA’s Lily Zhang in Macau to stay in contention for the ITTF World Cup knockouts, while Sreeja Akula and Manav Thakkar face tough battles in their respective groups

A three-member SJAM team, comprising Amol Karhadkar, Ashwin Ferro and Ankush Dhavre then clinched the AC Bali Table Tennis Team Championship title, beating DSJA’s Bharat Sharma and Kushan Sarkar in the final.