Table Tennis
Olympics 2024 Table Tennis: Sreeja, Manika advance, Sharath, Harmeet exit- Highlights
Four Indian paddlers are in action at Paris today and bar Harmeet, who played yesterday, the others will play their first game.
Olympics 2024 Table Tennis LIVE
It's the second day of the table tennis action at Paris and today there will be four Indians taking the court.
Sreeja Akula made light work of her Swedish opponent Christina Kallberg winning comfortably in straight sets.
Sharath Kamal loses his tie against Slovenian Deni Kozul 2-4 (12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12) in a thrilling game between the two.
Manika Batra won Anne Hursey and progressed to the next round.
Harmeet Desai, despite his best efforts, could not match up to the world no.5 Frenchman Felix Lebrun, who took the game in straight sets.
As it happened:
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- 28 July 2024 6:35 PM GMT
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- 28 July 2024 6:34 PM GMT
Game 4, Harmeet 8-11 Felix, Felix defeats Harmeet in straight sets!
Do not get deceived by the scoreline, Felix had it much harder than he would have liked it.
But with the crowd being extremely vocal, this was always going Felix's way and despite Harmeet's valiant efforts, it was of little use.
As the crowd cheers "Felix, Felix", Harmeet's singles journey comes to an end in his debut Olympic campaign.
Final score: Harmeet Desai 0-4 Felix Lebrun (8-11, 8-11, 6-11, 8-11).
- 28 July 2024 6:30 PM GMT
Game 4, Harmeet 7-9 Felix, Felix two away!
Felix is just two games away from progressing into the next round.
- 28 July 2024 6:29 PM GMT
Game 4, Harmeet 7-7 Felix, Harmeet draws level!
Harmeet has shown great heart and has drawn level in game 4!
- 28 July 2024 6:29 PM GMT
Game 4, Harmeet 5-6 Felix, Harmeet not backing down!
Harmeet will not go down without a fight! Superb character shown despite inching towards defeat.
- 28 July 2024 6:27 PM GMT
Game 4, Harmeet 2-5 Felix, Harmeet staring down the barrel
Harmeet looks defeated and Felix is forcing error after error from the Indian.
- 28 July 2024 6:25 PM GMT
Game 4, Harmeet 2-2 Felix
After going down 0-2, Felix roars back into the game and has drawn the scores.
- 28 July 2024 6:24 PM GMT
Game 4 gets off!
Felix will look to apply the finishing touches in this game.
- 28 July 2024 6:24 PM GMT
Game 3, Harmeet 6-11 Felix, Felix imposing himself!
With the crowd cheering wildly for every point, the teenage paddler has shown why he is the world no.5 in game three.
Harmeet had no answers to the increased intensity from Felix and is now trailing by three games.
Felix one game away from sealing victory!
