Manika defeated world number four Feng Tianwei as well as Zhou Yihan in the Commonwealth Games this year.
The 23-year-old clinched a gold medal in the women's singles category outplaying Mengyu Yu of Singapore 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7). She also clinched silver in women's doubles with veteran Mouma Das and bronze in mixed doubles category with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran.
"It was my dream to beat top ranking players and I achieved that to make history at Commonwealth Games 2018," Manika said in the special issue of India's Golden Girls, Femina, magazine.
"When I play, I never focus on whether my opponent is the world number four or if she is from Singapore. I just play my game and give it my 100 per cent. That's what I did at the Commonwealth Games 2018," she added.
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