ITTF World Cup 2025: Manika, Sreeja win group stage openers

Olympians Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula won their group stage openers at the ITTF World Cup in Macao, China, on Monday. Placed in Group 16, World No. 30 Manika began her campaign by taking down New Caledonia’s Maylis Giret 4-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4).

The Indian faces World No. 23 Bruna Takahashi of Brazil in her final group stage match. In Group 9, World No.



34 Sreeja defeated Australia’s Constantina Psihogios 3-1 (11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 6-11). World No. 13 Bernadette Szocs of Romania is the third player in the group.

Manika and Sreeja are the only two Indian women in the tournament. No Indian male paddler managed to qualify for the event. READ | LA Olympics 2028: IOC introduces new mixed team event for table tennis The tournament comprises two stages.

In Stage 1, 48 players (in both men’s and women’s singles) are split into 16 groups of three. Matches in Stage 1 consist of four games, with final rankings based on win-loss ratios. The winner of each group will qualify for Stage 2 which will have a knockout draw.

The knockout stage will have best-of-seven games fixtures. Where to watch ITTF World Cup 2025 in India? Viewers in India can watch live stream of the ITTF World Cup 2025 on the tournament’s official YouTube channel. Comments Related stories Related Topics Manika Batra / Sreeja Akula / ITTF / ITTF World Cup Latest on Sportstar.