The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) issued a show-cause notice to star paddler and Olympian Manika Batra after she highlighted national coach Soumyadeep Roy as "personal coach of Sutirtha Mukherjee" in a media interview. And she preferred to play the singles matches without the national coach on the sidelines. “Suppose we go to CWG with 10 players, we can't have 10 personal coaches.”Roy feels the national coach can coordinate with the personal coach and work with the concerned player on the areas prescribed, at national camps. He disagrees that those in the top 50 should only get the privilege to have a personal coach at major events. “What’s wrong if somebody who is ranked 70 or 80 [in the world] wants a personal coach.

Source: The Hindu August 11, 2021 11:15 UTC