Prithika Pavade: All you need to know about Manika Batra’s opponent in table tennis Round of 32 at Paris Olympics 2024
Indian-origin paddler Prithika Pavade is all set to take on ace table tennis player Manika Batra in the Round of 32 encounter of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday, July 29.
Pavade’s parents are from Puducherry. They moved to France in 2003 and she was born in 2004. Though she was initially part of the women’s doubles and mixed doubles events, she later concentrated on women’s singles to make it to the Paris Olympics 2024.
Pavade defeated Iran's Neda Shahsavari by 4-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 14-12) in the Round of 64 encounter to start her Paris Olympics 2024 campaign.
Prithika Pavade's medals and achievements
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024
Women’s Singles 2nd
WTT Contender Antalya 2023
Mixed Doubles Runner-up
WTT Contender Amman 2023
Women’s Doubles Runner-up
ITTF World Youth Championships U19 2022
Girls’ Doubles Runner-up 2022
WTT Youth Star Contender Vila Nova de Gaia 2022
U19 Girls’ Singles Winner
U19 Mixed Doubles Winner
French National Championships 2022
Women’s Singles Champion
Women’s Doubles Champion
European U21 Championships 2022
Mixed Doubles Runner-up
WTT Youth Star Contender Skopje 2022
U19 Girls’ Doubles Runner-up
WTT Feeder Panagyurishte 2022
Women’s Doubles Winner
WTT Youth Contender Agadir 2022
U19 Girls’ Singles Winner
Prithika Pavade's world rankings
France women's singles paddler Prithika Pavade is currently ranked at 18th spot with 1102 points. She is ranked 28th in women's doubles and 43rd in mixed doubles in the ITTF Table Tennis World Rankings.
Prithika Pavade vs Manika Batra: Head to Head
Prithika Pavade hasn't competed with Manika Batra so far in women's singles. However, in mixed doubles, Prathika Pavade-Cassin A suffered a defeat to Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in WTT Contender Tunis in 2021.
However, in WTT Contender Antalya in 2023, Pavade and Lebrun defeated Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in mixed doubles.
Prithika Pavade's recent records
Most recently at the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024, Pavade ended as the runner-up in the women's singles. On the other hand, in the World Team Championships, she propelled France to a bronze medal victory.
Prithika Pavade's Olympic qualification
Prithika Pavade made the cut for the Summer Games in Paris as part of the host nation in the women's team alongside Charlotte Lutz and Jia Nan Yuan.
Prithika Pavade vs Manika Batra match details
Manika Batra will lock horns with France ace paddler Prithika Pavade in the women's singles encounter of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Monday, July 29 at 11:30 PM IST.