CWG2022:Indian women’s table tennis team beat South Africa in the first match

CWG2022:The Indian women’s table tennis team, led by Manika Batra, started their title defence campaign at the Commonwealth Games with a win, beating South Africa 3-0 in the first group two match on Friday.

The Indian women’s table tennis team, led by Manika Batra, started their medal-defending campaign at the Commonwealth Games with a win, beating South Africa 3-0 in the first group two match on Friday. In the women’s doubles event, Sreeja Akula and Reet Tennyson defeated Laila Edwards and Danisha Patel of South Africa 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 to give India the lead

After this, defending champion Batra defeated Musafiq Kalam 11-5, 11-3, 11-2 in the first singles match. Batra became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the table tennis women’s singles category at the last Commonwealth Games. Akula defeated Patel 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 in the second singles to seal India’s victory. The Indian team will take on Fiji in the second match.

The commonwealth games in Birmingham are going to be the biggest and most expensive sport since the London Olympics 2012. It is being held exactly 10 years after the London Olympic Games. With the opening ceremony, the 11-day-long Games have also begun, with more than 5,000 athletes from 72 countries posing their challenge in 280 events of 19 sports at 15 venues.