Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games 2022 Table Tennis Day 1 LIVE: Men's and women's team enter quarters — Scores, Results, Updates, Blog
A packed day for the Indian table tennis team as both the men's and women's team will begin their campaign at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. Follow LIVE.
G Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai (Source: ITTF World)
Having put on a spectacular show at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the Indian table tennis contingent will be looking to recreate their heroics from the previous edition at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 as they began their team matches today.
There will be four team matches today - two each for men's and women's.
The Indian women's team took on South Africa and registered a solid 3-0 victory. Up against Fiji Islands, the women's team did a clean sweep 3-0 to enter the quarterfinals!
The Indian men's team also took on Barbados and dominated them 3-0. Up against Singapore, the men faced stiffer competition but won 3-0 to storm into quarters!
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Live Updates
- 29 July 2022 2:08 PM IST
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.
- 29 July 2022 2:06 PM IST
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!
- 29 July 2022 1:50 PM IST
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
- 29 July 2022 1:39 PM IST
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.
