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 7:09 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 6-6 Sun
Sreeja is taking the fight to the Chinese and is holding her own quite well.
Brilliant fight this from the birthday girl.
- 31 July 2024 7:08 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 5-5 Sun
Sreeja is looking very good herself, pulling things back and drawing level in the first game!
- 31 July 2024 7:08 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 3-5 Sun
Unbelievable change of pace with precision from the world no.1!
Sreeja simply had no answer to that counter attack from Sun Yingsha.
- 31 July 2024 7:07 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 2-4 Sun
Brilliant rally from both paddlers and the Chinese had the last laugh with a killer blow across the diagonal!
- 31 July 2024 7:06 PM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 2-2 Sun
And now she uses her backhand to set herself up for her forehand towards the short side! Spirited start from the Indian.
- 31 July 2024 7:03 PM GMT
The players are out!
Sreeja and Sun Yingsha are doing their warmup rounds and rallies.
The match will get underway in a few minutes.
- 31 July 2024 6:36 PM GMT
Sreeja Akula faces world no.1 Sun Yingsha
Sreeja will play her second match of the day and quite possibly the toughest match in her career, facing up against the world no.1 Chinese paddler Sun Yingsha.
- 31 July 2024 3:56 PM GMT
Game 5, Manika 6-11 Hirano, Hirano defeats Manika 4-1!
Miu Hirano, the Japanese has advanced into the quarterfinals, eliminating India's Manika Batra 4-1 in what was an enthralling contest.
Manika tried her best but Hirano was just too good.
Final score: Manika Batra 1-4 Miu Hirano (6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11, 6-11)
