Indian paddlers Manika Batra, Archana Kamath settle for Bronze medal in Women's Doubles at WTT Star Contender

Indian paddler Manika Batra and her partner Archana Kamath settled for a bronze medal at the WTT Star Contender Doha, Qatar 2022 after losing to Chinese Taipei's Li Yu-Jhun and Cheng I-Ching in the women's doubles semi-finals, in Doha yesterday.

The world No 6 Indian pair lost 0-3 (8-11, 6-11, 7-11) to Chinese Taipei's duo at the Lusail Sports Arena in the Qatari capital. Manika and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, India's top-ranked women's and men's singles players, were both ousted in the round of 16 women's and men's singles respectively. Meanwhile, Sharath Kamal lost both his first-round singles and doubles matches.