Commonwealth Games 2022 Table Tennis Day 1 LIVE: Men's and women's team enter quarters — Scores, Results, Updates, Blog

South Africans attempt a cover-up, Reeth and Sreeja lead 9-6

Good attack from India as Reeth and Sreeja lead 5-1

Good shot placements from the Indian pair as Reeth and Sreeja get a healthy 5-1 lead.

Good sliced forehands coming in here as the South Africans are under pressure.

Here we go! India vs South Africa in women's team action!

We are ready with the first tie as India takes on South Africa in the Group 2 women's team action.

We will begin with Women's Doubles first as the pair of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula going up against Lailaa EDWARDS / Danisha Jayavant PATELRS.

Sreeja is the National Champion in women's singles!

Manika Batra was the star of the 2018 CWG! Can she repeat it this time?

Will India be able to repeat the heroics of 2018 Gold Coast in table tennis?

While the men's team is seasoned and experienced, the women's team is relatively much younger and will bank a lot on Manika Batra's experience.

Ahead of the Games, racquet sports expert and former CWG gold medallist Somdev Devvarman discussed the difficulties of India matching their feat.

READ | Difficult for Manika Batra to repeat her 2018 medal haul at CWG 2022: Somdev Devvarman

Hello and welcome to table tennis action from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022!

The Indian table tennis contingent was super impressive at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, making expectations rise this time around as well.

We'll have Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Tennison in action today against South Africa in the women's team Group 2 match.