Indian girl paddlers finish ninth

Indian girls' table tennis team finished ninth after beating Croatia 3-2 in the classification match at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Rabat, Morocco today.
The team, comprising Manika Batra, Suthirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Reeth Rishya Tennison, managed to win the 9-10 play-off matches today.
Both Ayhika Mukherjee and Manika Batra lost their matches against Jeger Mateja 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 9-11 and Rakovac Lea 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11 but Reeth Rishya pulled one back beating Markati Paula 10-12, 15-13, 12-10, 11-7 to infuse fresh blood into the competition. Then Manika defeated Jeger Mateja 13-11, 11-5, 11-9 and Ayhika downed Rakova Lea 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 to stage a remarkable victory.

Earlier, India lost their both matches in stage II, going down to Korea and Romania with identical score of 1-3.