Table Tennis
Olympics 2024 Table Tennis: Sreeja, Manika exit in the R16, Highlights
World no.25 Sreeja Akula faces world no.52 Zeng Jiang of Singapore in the round of 32 match.
Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra are in action today in the round of 32 and round of 16 respectively.
The singles events of the Indian table tennis contingent came to an end with both Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula losing to higher-ranked opponents in their respective round of 16 matches.
Sreeja Akula, earlier in the day, became the second Indian paddler to qualify for the round of 16, when she defeated Zeng Jian of Singapore in the round of 32.
As it happened:
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- 31 July 2024 7:44 PM GMT
Game 4, Sreeja 3-11 Sun, Sun Yingsha defeats Sreeja Akula!
A game of fine margins.
Sreeja Akula, four game points in game one, five game points in game two, but were it for anyone but the beast that is Sun Yingsha, Sreeja would be the one heading into the quarter-finals.
The heart goes out for Sreeja, what a performance from the Indian. She has punched above her weight and can hold her head high!
Final score: Sreeja Akula 0-4 Sun Yingsha (10-12, 10-12, 8-11, 3-11)
- 31 July 2024 7:40 PM GMT
Game 4, Sreeja 2-6 Sun
Sreeja misses a forehand as the ball spun away from her racket.
Sun Yingsha is running away with it now.
- 31 July 2024 7:39 PM GMT
Game 4, Sreeja 1-5 Sun
Wow. What a return from the backhand from the Sun Yingsha!
- 31 July 2024 7:39 PM GMT
Game 4, Sreeja 1-3 Sun
That was some backhand from the Chinese! Takes a two point lead early into game four.
- 31 July 2024 7:37 PM GMT
Game 4, Sreeja 1-0 Sun
The rally of the match!
The point of the match!
Sreeja produces a moment of magic and claims the point after an exhilarating rally!
What a performance from Sreeja!
- 31 July 2024 7:36 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 8-11 Sun
Pressure, what pressure? Sun Yingsha is now 3-0 up!
Sreeja has performed amazingly and has shown a lot of heart but there is a reason the Chinese paddler is the world no.1!
