<p class="title">Manika Batra's sensational run at the Commonwealth Games fetched her another medal as she teamed up with G Sathiyan to collect the mixed doubles bronze, thereby claiming a medal in every event she competed in here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manika and Sathiyan defeated the compatriot senior duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 to claim the honours in the bronze medal play-off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This was Manika's fourth medal of the Games. She had earlier won a historic women's singles gold and was also a part of the top-finishing women's team. In women's doubles, she won a silver with Mouma Das.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Achanta Sharath Kamal clinched his third medal of the Games by winning a bronze in men's singles after beating Samuel Walker of England 4-1 (11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10).</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was part of the gold-winning men's team event and also clinched a silver in men's doubles with Sathiyan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 10-member Indian table tennis team secured 8 (three gold, two silver and three bronze) medals in these Games, which turned out to be the best-ever medal haul in the history of the Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manika said she hoped "to stay together as a mixed pair (with Sathiyan) and play together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We've been playing our very best but there are not many tournaments for mixed pairs. We've been training in Portugal, trying out different pairs. This is our first medal as a mixed doubles combination," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sathiyan said a bronze medal each should be awarded to both semifinalists in table tennis, just like in some other sports.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You start off with a round 64 and you end up here in the most terrible and impossible match. You've reached the semifinals and you can't do that without winning matches," he said.</p>
<p class="title">Manika Batra's sensational run at the Commonwealth Games fetched her another medal as she teamed up with G Sathiyan to collect the mixed doubles bronze, thereby claiming a medal in every event she competed in here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manika and Sathiyan defeated the compatriot senior duo of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 to claim the honours in the bronze medal play-off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This was Manika's fourth medal of the Games. She had earlier won a historic women's singles gold and was also a part of the top-finishing women's team. In women's doubles, she won a silver with Mouma Das.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, Achanta Sharath Kamal clinched his third medal of the Games by winning a bronze in men's singles after beating Samuel Walker of England 4-1 (11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10).</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was part of the gold-winning men's team event and also clinched a silver in men's doubles with Sathiyan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 10-member Indian table tennis team secured 8 (three gold, two silver and three bronze) medals in these Games, which turned out to be the best-ever medal haul in the history of the Games.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manika said she hoped "to stay together as a mixed pair (with Sathiyan) and play together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We've been playing our very best but there are not many tournaments for mixed pairs. We've been training in Portugal, trying out different pairs. This is our first medal as a mixed doubles combination," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sathiyan said a bronze medal each should be awarded to both semifinalists in table tennis, just like in some other sports.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You start off with a round 64 and you end up here in the most terrible and impossible match. You've reached the semifinals and you can't do that without winning matches," he said.</p>