Asian Games 2023: Mukherjee ‘sisters’ script history; Batra bows out

Updated On: 01 October, 2023 07:50 AM IST | Hangzhou | Ashwin Ferro

India’s women’s singles star Manika Batra also went down fighting to World No. 4 Yidi Wang of China 8-11, 12-10, 6-11, 4-11, 14-12, 5-11 in the quarter-finals

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India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee (right) and Ayhika Mukherjee celebrate their win on Saturday. Pic/AFP

Anyone who watched India’s women’s doubles paddlers Sutirtha Mukherjee, 27, and Ayhika Mukherjee, 26, combining excellently to shock the world champion Chinese pair of Chen Meng and Yidi Wang in the quarter-finals on Saturday would have thought they are sisters. Their brilliant coordination at the table left the World No. 2 Chinese champions in disarray, assuring India of a historic first-ever women’s doubles table tennis medal at the Asiad.

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