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 7:33 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 6-8 Sun
Sreeja is still pushing the Chinese to the extreme, bringing herself back into the game!
- 31 July 2024 7:31 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 4-6 Sun
Sreeja continues to hold her own and has brought down the deficit by two!
- 31 July 2024 7:31 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 2-6 Sun
The Chinese dragon inside the world no.1 paddler seems to have woken up, she is unleashing a fiery spell of attack on the Indian.
- 31 July 2024 7:30 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 1-5 Sun
We are witnessing a very different Sun Yingsha in the third game, much more expressive and aggressive!
- 31 July 2024 7:29 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 1-3 Sun
Sreeja has to regain her composure and do what she had been doing well in this match.
- 31 July 2024 7:28 PM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 0-2 Sun
The Chinese brings the heat now and is upping the ante!
Fierce attacking play from the world no.1!
