New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- India's three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games medalist Manika Batra pointed out her inspirations, saying that late basketball legend Kobe Bryant's 'Mamba Mentality' and star India batter Virat Kohli inspire her.

Last year, Manika scripted history at Saudi Smash as she became the first Indian singles player to reach the quarter-finals of a World Table Tennis (WTT) Grand Smash event - the sport's equivalent of tennis Grand Slams, as per Olympics.com.

Her giant-killing run continued as she beat Olympic medallist Wang Manyu of China and world championships medallist Nina Mittelham of Germany. In the recently held WTT Star Contender in Brazil, Manika ended her singles and doubles campaigns in the quarterfinals.

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