Visakhapatnam, October 22: After her title-winning effort in the Central Zone championships at Indore last month, national champion and No. 3 seed Manika Batra is yet to hit a purple patch. In the pre-quarterfinal match of the 11Even Sports National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here this morning, the PSPB paddler was ill at ease when she faced qualifier Senhora D’Souza of Maharashtra. 

Manika managed 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6 win and will run into Krittwika Sinha Roy in the quarterfinal. Krittiwika, who won 42, sent eighth seed Pooja Sahasrabuddhe packing. 

In other pre-quarters, Ankita Das beat K. Shamini 4-2, Madhurika Patkar disposed of Poulomi Ghatak 4-1, Mouma Das downed Ayhika Mukherjee 4-1, Mousumi struggled to overcome Priyanka Pareek 4-2, Divya Deshpande rolled past Reeth Rishya 4-0 and top-seed Suthirtha Mukherjee handed out a 4-0 thrashing to Chipia Frenaz.