Manika Batra was one of the many girls in the country hoping to emulate her idols — champion sportswomen. A girl who had similar aspirations with a table tennis racquet in her hands. "Whenever I watched Mary Kom, Saina, (PV) Sindhu on television, I used to dream of achieving similar success," Batra tells DNA. Never did I think of anything else apart from playing and I switched off my phone as soon as the team event began. "I absolutely believe in this and if we could continue our form, table tennis will definitely become like badminton," she says.

Source: dna April 20, 2018 01:18 UTC