Archana, Amalraj demolish Manika Batra's RP-SG Mavericks
India's star player Manika Batra suffered a twin blow on Day 3 of Ultimate Table Tennis as RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata slumped to a massive 4-11 defeat against Goa Challengers here on Saturday.
Manika first capitulated 0-3 in the opening women's singles encounter to compatriot Archana Kamath, handing the 19-year-old biggest victory of her blossoming career.
Manika then lost 1-2 in the mixed doubles, pairing with World No.55 Benedikt Duda, to see her team RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata slide to a huge defeat.
The rechristened Goan team rode on Archana's early coup to demolish a seemingly strong RP-SG in each of the first four clashes, with Spain's Alvaro Robles and Amalraj Anthony/Cheng I-Ching scoring 2-1 wins in the men's singles and mixed doubles.
India's Amalraj followed up his good show with another upset, beating Germany's Benedikt in the second men's singles.
Earlier, Archana started the victory march for the Challengers as she picked up a stunning win over Indian TT's golden girl ...