Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra and her compatriot Sreeja Akula exited in the second-round group stage after losing against China's Wang Manyu and defending champion Chen Meng respectively at the ITTF World Cup in Galaxy Arena in Macau on Wednesday. (More Sports News)
World no. 39 Sreeja lost 1-3 (4-11 4-11 15-13 2-11) t𝕴o reigning Olympic champion and world no. 4 Meng of China and finished second in Group 4.
Manika alꦬso made an exit finishing second after losing 0-4 (6-11 4-11 9-11 4-11) against worldཧ no. 2 Manyu of China.
Both the Indian players had earlier won their respective first-round group stage matches♒ on Tuesday.
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Group stage matches consists of 🌸four games, with the ra🏅tio of wins and losses determining the final rankings that will further help them to book a berth for the knockout rounds.