Lagatar24 desk
Birmingham, July 30: The Indian women’s table tennis team continued its winning streak as it outclassed Guyana 3-0 in a Group 2 match of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. Manika Batra led from the front.
The women’s team enjoyed a winning start to its campaign on Friday after crushing South Africa and Fiji by an identical 3-0 margin, defending the title it had won at Gold Coast four years ago.
On the second day, the pair of Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison steamrolled Natalie Cummings and Chealsea Edghill 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 to put India 1-0 ahead.
Furthermore, reigning Commonwealth Games champion Batra, who became the first Indian TT player to win the gold in the women’s singles in the last edition, decimated Thuraia Thomas in straight games 11-1, 11-3, 11-3.
Meanwhile, in another woman’s singles match, Reeth fought hard to register an 11-7, 14-12, 13-11 win against Chelsea Edghill, who put up a spirited show. Reeth’s win ensured that India won the tie convincingly.
