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 9:23 AM GMT
Sreeja serves clever and leads 7-2!
In Game 2, we have Sreeja leading 7-2 as she serves solid!
- 29 July 2022 9:19 AM GMT
Sreeja Akula wins Game 1 in 11-5!
Quite a comfortable first game with quick rallies for Sreeja Akula to start things off against Danisha!
- 29 July 2022 9:16 AM GMT
Next up, we have Sreeja Akula in singles action!
Sreeja Akula, the reigning National Champion in women's singles will be up against Danisha Patel, a player of Indian origin!
While Sreeja is ranked at World No. 76, Danisha Patel is at World No. 170!
Earlier, Sreeja won the women's doubles match along with Reeth!
- 29 July 2022 9:14 AM GMT
And Manika Batra wins her women's singles win!
India leads 2-0 against South Africa in the tie as Manika Batra records a dominant win against Kalam, 11-5, 11-3, 11-2!
- 29 July 2022 9:12 AM GMT
Solid serve from Manika as she places her opponent under great pressure!
Manika Batra leads 9-2 in the third game!
- 29 July 2022 9:09 AM GMT
Very smooth going for Manika Batra, she takes Game 2 in 11-3!
Manika is being too powerful for Kalam as we lead 2-0 in this match 2 against South Africa in the women's team tie.
- 29 July 2022 9:06 AM GMT
Into Game 2, Manika Batra swings to a 6-0 lead!
Big signs of dominance from India as Manika Batra attacks effortlessly and forces errors from Kalam and leads 6-0!
- 29 July 2022 9:03 AM GMT
Manika Batra pockets the first game 11-5!
Smooth start for Manika Batra as she snatches the first game easily at 11-5!
