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:
Live Updates
- 31 July 2024 3:16 PM GMT
Game 2, Manika 1-1 Hirano
Smart work from Hirano and forced the error out of the Indian.
- 31 July 2024 3:14 PM GMT
Game 1, Manika 6-11 Hirano
Miu Hirano gets the better of Manika Batra on game one.
The game started close but Hirano went on a five-point spree and closed out the game.
Can Manika get back into the game?
- 31 July 2024 3:13 PM GMT
Game 1, Manika 6-8 Hirano
Hirano takes the first significant lead in the game and is up by two!
- 31 July 2024 3:12 PM GMT
Game 1, Manika 6-6 Hirano
Extremely close contest going on here between Manika and Hirano. Both players cancel out the advantage the other has.
- 31 July 2024 3:11 PM GMT
Game 1, Manika 4-4 Hirano
Manika gets back on level terms. Good work by both players.
- 31 July 2024 3:10 PM GMT
Game 1, Manika 3-3 Hirano
Hirano did well to get back into the game. Manika's twiddling of the racket did not help her out this time.
- 31 July 2024 3:09 PM GMT
Game 1, Manika 3-1 Hirano
Both players start off with a faulty serve and are getting warmed up.
Early lead for Manika.
