Indian qualifier Suthirta Mukherjee tamed German world number 58 Sabine Winter 4-3 while superstar Manika Batra savoured an easy win in the women's singles first round of the ITTF World Championships in Budapest on Tuesday.

CWG gold medallist Manika beat Andrea Todorovic of Serbia 14-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8, in the round of 64.

Suthirta, who is ranked 502 in the world, used strong backhand counters to win 8-11, 17-15, 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6 against the attacking 26-year-old German. The 23-year-old, who is ranked No. 3 in India, was part of the gold-winning women squad at the CWG in Gold Coast.   

However, Archana Kamath and Madhurika Patkar bowed out of the women singles race after making it to the round of 128.

Manika will meet Chen Szu-Yu of Taipei in her next round.

Among other doubles events, only the mixed pair of G. Sathiyan and Archana Kamath entered pre-quarterfinals, beating Spaniards Alvaro Robles and Galia Dvorak 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9.