The two Indian paddlers beat the top two players in the world - No 1 Sun Yingsha and No 2 Wang Yidi - in their respective singles matches of their Group 1 encounter against China at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships being held in Busan.
"It's the greatest day for Indian table tennis. Beating the Chinese World No. 1 and World No. 2 in a single day is stunning. It would've been even better had we won this match but these two results are indeed phenomenal," beams Kamlesh Mehta, eight-time national champion and the General Secretary of the TTFI. The strong Chinese team ultimately fought back to win the match as Manika Batra lost both her matches to World No.4 Wang Manyu and Yingshawhile Ayhika couldn't quite pull off another upset against Manyu in the decider.
Even though India lost the tie, beating China's top players, considered unthinkable for Indians till very recently, is bound to send ripples across the table tennis world. Former India player Neha Aggarwal Sharma underlining the importance of the win said: "If you beat China, people go crazy and mind you, entire China is taking note of it."
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