Manika Batra approaches Delhi High Court after being left out of Asian Championship squad

Following the Tokyo Olympics controversy, where the Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning paddler Manika Batra did not allow coach Soumyadeep Roy to sit in her corner during her singles matches, the TTFI had made it compulsory for the players to attend national camps.

Indian table tennis star Manika Batra has decided to knock on Delhi High Court’s doors against the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) for excluding her from the Indian team for the Asian Championship, beginning on September 28 in Doha. The TTFI cited the reason that Manika had not attended the national TT camp and as a result was not eligible for selection.

The matter is scheduled to come up for hearing on Monday (September 20) and is listed before Justice Rekha Palli. Soumyadeep Roy, who was the India coach in the Tokyo Olympic Games and has been accused of asking Manika to ‘fix’ a match during the qualifiers earlier this year, has also been included as one of the respondents.

Following the Tokyo Olympics controversy, where the Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning paddler did not allow coach Roy to sit in her corner during her singles matches, the TTFI had made it compulsory for the players to attend national camps.