Manika Batra made a remarkable comeback against her Ukrainian opponent after losing the first two games to prevail 4-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7
Manika Batra competes against Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska during her women's singles round 2 table tennis match. Pic Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP
India's table tennis star Manika Batra created a big upset by beating world number 32 Margaryta Pesotska to reach the women's singles third round at the Tokyo Olympics.
The world number 62 from India made a remarkable comeback against her Ukrainian opponent after losing the first two games to prevail 4-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7 in a second-round match that lasted 57 minutes.
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