It has been a year to remember for Indian table tennis star Manika Batra till now. “It feels amazing to be the first and to know that history will say that Manika Batra was the first to achieve the brilliant feats in both the Commonwealth Games and in the Asian Games. READ: Bollywood, food and quality football on agenda as Tim Cahill gears up for ISL debut“In the Commonwealth Games, I faced just the Singapore players and the Australian players. Manika said that even now Indian players have a mental block when it comes to facing Chinese opponents and that is something that they need to change in order to succeed on the global stage. READ: Neeraj Chopra sees Asian Games gold as stepping stone towards Olympic dream“My immediate goal is to be in the top-30 in the world.

Source: Hindustan Times September 20, 2018 15:40 UTC