Pressure inspires me, says Manika as she guns for four-gold haul

Birmingham, July 29 (UNI) The 2018 Commonwealth Games were a breakthrough year for Indian table tennis star Manika Batra and catapulted her to stardom, getting her immeasurable adulation and praise for winning four medals including two gold. That’s enough of a success for someone to live an entire life because Indian women’s table tennis players had not had great results in the Commonwealth Games before that. But as she spearheads the Indian challenge in the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games here, Manika has pushed the heroics of 2018 into the background long back but it does come back regularly as everyone refers to start a conversation. But Manika always tries to live in the moment, focusing on things to come and making the best of the opportunities that come her way. The star performer for India in the Commonwealth Games in 2018.