HOUSTON: Star India paddler Manika Batra, G Sathiyan and Archana Kamath failed to bag a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships after crashing out in the quarterfinals of the mixed and women's doubles events here.
Just one win away from a historic medal, Manika and Sathiyan lost to Japan's Tomakazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata 1-3 (5-11, 2-11, 11-7, 9-11) in the last-eight round of the mixed doubles competition.
Manika had another opportunity to create history but fell short once again, losing the women's doubles quarterfinals with her partner Archana Kamath in straight games.
Manika and Archana were no match for Luxembourg duo of Sarah De Nutte and Ni Xia Lian, losing 0-3 (1-11, 6-11, 8-11) in a lop-sided contest.
