How Ayhika Mukherjee’s anti-spin rubber and well-disguised deception puzzled the Koreans | Sport-others News
From the high of beating World No. 1 Sun Yingsha in February to the low of being dropped from the Indian team for the Paris Olympics in July, India’s Ayhika Mukherjee has had a topsy-turvy year. Yet, it’s her unyielding will that has made her one of the most feared players in the world of table tennis. At the Asian TT Championships on Tuesday, she proved yet again, that despite her lowly ranking of World No 92, she can never be counted out. As it turns out, she revels in playing against the best. Against World No. 8 Shin Yubin in the opening tie of the quarterfinal against Korea, Ayhika knew that if India had to do the unthinkable and pull off an upset, she needed to win. It was a nervy day for India too. Their match was supposed to be at 5 pm (local time) and it was only at 9 am that they received an email informing them that their match was brought forward to 12 noon. They scrambled and got ready …