Manika Batra on Friday became the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the Asian Cup Table Tennis tournament with a 4-3 win over Chen Szu-Yu of Chinese Taipei. World number 44 Manika beat Chen 6-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9 in quarterfinal. Manika earlier defeated world number seven Chen Xingtong of China in round of 16 match.