Doha, May 18 (PTI) Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra cruised to the second round of the World Championships with a dominant straight-game win while Manav Thakkar also made a confident start to his singles campaign, here Sunday. Seeded 22nd, Manika registered a commanding 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2) victory over Nigeria's Fatima Bello in a women's singles fixture that lasted just 24 minutes. Also Read | DC vs GT Live Score Updates of IPL 2025: Kagiso Rabada Returns For Gujarat Titans. She will be up against Korea's Park Gahyeon in the round of 64. India's top-ranked male singles player, Thakkar, also began in style, defeating New Zealand's Timothy Choi 4-1 (11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12) in his men's singles opening round. Also Read | Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars PSL 2025 Free Live Streaming Online: How To Watch PZ vs LQ Pakistan Super League T20 Cricket Match Live Telecast on TV?. However, it was a forgettable debut for 18-year-old Ankur Bhattacharjee, who exited in the first round after a 1-4 (11-4, 7-11, 9-11, 10-12, 8-11) defeat to Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang in his men's singles outing. In the doubles action, the ninth-seeded pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale made a strong start, registering a comprehensive 3-0 (11-2, 11-7, 11-6) win over Algeria's Mehdi Bouloussa and Malissa Nasri. But it was disappointment for the men's doubles duo of Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, who bowed out in the opening round, losing 1-3 (9-11, 12-10, 14-16, 10-12) to Austria's Maciej Kolodziejczyk and Moldova's Vladislav Ursu. Desai also faced heartbreak in the mixed doubles, partnering Yashaswini Ghorpade. The 14th-seeded Indian pair failed to capitalise on a 2-0 lead and also squandered three match points to lose 2-3 (11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 10-12) to France's Thibault Poret and Leana Hochart. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)