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 7:27 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 10-12 Sun
Wow. No words at all.
Game 1, Four game points, Sun Yingsha takes six on the trot and takes the game
Game 2, Five game points, Sun Yingsha takes seven on the trot and takes the game!
How will Sreeja come back from this? She has played brilliantly but the world no.1 has won the mental battle so far!
- 31 July 2024 7:25 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 10-10 Sun
Absolutely world class!
Sun Yingsha is doing something that has not happened in a long time!
She has saved all five game points!
- 31 July 2024 7:23 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 10-8 Sun
What is happening!!!!
Sun Yingsha has saved three gamepoints! Two more to go!
Sreeja needs just one to make it 1-1!
- 31 July 2024 7:22 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 10-7 Sun
Surely not Sun Yingsha? She has already saved two game points in this game!
- 31 July 2024 7:21 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 10-5 Sun
This is just unbelievable from Sreeja Akula!
Five gamepoints for Sreeja!
- 31 July 2024 7:21 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 9-5 Sun
A brilliant forehand diagonal from Sreeja! Two away now!
- 31 July 2024 7:20 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 8-4 Sun
Wow Sreeja! She is performing breathtakingly well in this match and is now three points away from making it 1-1!
- 31 July 2024 7:18 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 5-3 Sun
Sreeja has yet again taken a two-point lead. Can she push on?
- 31 July 2024 7:17 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 3-2 Sun
Sreeja seems to have shaken off the previous game and is looking ever so calm.
