New Delhi: India's star women's table tennis player Manika Batra has justified her decision to step aside from childhood coach Sandeep Gupta, and has said that she is benefitting greatly by making Pune a practice center. Batra knows that people will talk a lot about the decision to step aside from Dronacharya Award, but believes it was a necessary decision to improve her game.

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Batra, who has been playing under the guidance of Gupta for over two decades, has become so bad that they are not even talking to each other now. She now practices with Sanmay Paranjpe. She climbed 18 places to 61st in the ITTF rankings last month. Manika said, 'Now I am full of confidence about my game. I feel the difference The atmosphere in Pune is very positive and my practice partners are also working very hard with me. Batra, a Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Asian Games bronze medalist, is expected to make it to the top-50 soon.

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She said, 'I have to be physically stronger so that the movement around the table can improve. Reflexes are important in table tennis. Everyone says that if I am tall, I feel comfortable but reaching with my hands is not enough. Foot movements are also necessary. I am working on it. '

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