India's table tennis star Manika Batra was part of the star-studded 'Team Asia' which defeated 'Team World' in the first edition of the Waldner Cup. Apart from Manika, Team Asia included table tennis legends Ma Long of China, Olympic gold medalist Chen Meng, Shin Yubin of South Korea and Kirill Gerasimenko of Kazakhstan.

Team Asia defeated Team World 14-0 on Sunday. Team World had players like Truls Moregaard, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Hugo Calderano, Adriana Diaz and Bernadette Sjoks. Sweden's great player Jan-Ove Waldner has founded this tournament with the aim of making table tennis a top global sport.