India's Manika Batra has entered the girls' singles semifinals in the IITF Polish Junior Open table-tennis tournament. In the quarter-finals at Wladyslawowo in Poland today, Manika defeated higher-ranked Yui Hamamoto of Japan in six games. The 18-year-old young Indian paddler will take on anotherJapanese Ayane Morita in the last-four stage. In the pre-quarters, Manika had defeated Germany's Theresa Kraft in five games.