India's table tennis star Manika Batra produced a dominant performance to defeat America's Lily Zhang 3-0 to advance into the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Champions.
Cal graduate Lily Zhang lost her round-of-16 Olympic table tennis match on Wednesday, but along the way she gained a famous fan – USA basketball player Anthony Edwards.
On Friday, the U.S. women's table tennis team challenged Anthony Edwards to a match. On Monday, Lily Zhang advanced to the Round of 16 for the first time with Anthony Edwards cheering in the crowd.
Edwards definitely made the most of his day off after Team USA’s Olympic basketball win over Serbia on Sunday. The Minnesota Timberwolves star went viral during Monday’s Olympic table tennis action at the Paris Games.
Making her Women’s Cup debut in style in 2020, Chen Meng swept past Bernadette Szocs, Lily Zhang and Han Ying to reach the finals where she defeated teammate Sun Yingsha 4-1 (11-13, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8) and claimed the prestigious Hammarlund Cup.