G. Sathiyan, Manika Batra storm into WTT Contender semifinals

Doha: Indian mixed doubles duo of G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra stormed into the WTT Contender semifinals with a 3-0 win over World No. 9 Spanish pair of Maria Xiao and Alvaro Robles in Doha on Thursday.

Continuing its splendid run, the Indian duo took less than 24 minutes to



wrap the proceedings 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 and set up a last-four clash against Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin, the world No. 20 duo from Korea.

Sathiyan and Manika had won a silver at the WTT Contender Nova Gorica in Slovenia last November.