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 7:16 PM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 1-1 Sun
This is turning out to be an amazing contest with both players going at full gear!
- 31 July 2024 7:14 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-12 Sun, Sun goes 1-0 up!
No words to describe what we just saw!
Sreeja Akula, leading 10-6, somehow loses the game to Sun Yingsha who took six points on the trot to take away the first game!
Sreeja must shake this off and start over again. She has played brilliantly so far and must continue.
- 31 July 2024 7:13 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-11 Sun
Five points in succession from Sun Yingsha wow! Gamepoint for the Chinese!
- 31 July 2024 7:13 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-10 Sun
Wow. Sun has shown why she is the world no.1!
Saves four gamepoints. Brilliant!
- 31 July 2024 7:12 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-9 Sun
The Chinese has saved three of the four game points! Astonishing stuff from the two paddlers.
- 31 July 2024 7:11 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-8 Sun
Sun Yingsha is fighting back. Can Sreeja take the solitary point she needs?
- 31 July 2024 7:11 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-6 Sun
This is simply stunning!
She has won six points in a row and is in a strong position with four game points!
- 31 July 2024 7:10 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 8-6 Sun
Sreeja extends her lead to two!
She is just three points away from taking the first game!
