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 3:34 PM GMT
Game 3, Manika 10-11 Hirano
Frustration for Manika as everything she did, Hirano had an answer and ended up with another gamepoint!
- 31 July 2024 3:33 PM GMT
Game 3, Manika 9-10 Hirano
Manika does everything right but Hirano was just that bit better!
Game point for the Japanese.
- 31 July 2024 3:32 PM GMT
Game 3, Manika 9-7 Hirano
Manika is two away from opening her account in this match.
- 31 July 2024 3:29 PM GMT
Game 3, Manika 8-4 Hirano
Superb aggression from Manika in the diagonal! She is three away now.
- 31 July 2024 3:28 PM GMT
Game 3, Manika 7-3 Hirano
Manika still going strong but would be aware of her opponent's comeback ability.
- 31 July 2024 3:27 PM GMT
Game 3, Manika 6-2 Hirano
Manika capitalizes on the break from the net and gets a healthy lead.
