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.
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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:
Live Updates
- 28 July 2024 9:23 AM GMT
Game 4, Sreeja 4-2 Christina, Sreeja looks in control
The Swede has no answers to Sreeja's onslaught as she is starting to impose herself in this match
- 28 July 2024 9:21 AM GMT
Game 4 begins!
Just eleven points away for Sreeja to proceed into the next round! Game 4 is underway.
- 28 July 2024 9:20 AM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 11-7 Christina, Sreeja leads 3-0!
Sreeja has hardly broken a sweat in this tie and Christina's unforced errors has not helped at all for the Swede's cause.
- 28 July 2024 9:19 AM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 8-6 Christina, Nice fight shown by the Swede
Christina has cut down the deficit to just two and is looking very good!
- 28 July 2024 9:18 AM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 8-4 Christina
Sreeja now needs just three more points to take an unassailing 3-0 lead in this tie.
- 28 July 2024 9:17 AM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 7-3 Christina, Sreeja once again running away!
The Indian paddler has once again put considerable distance between herself and the Swede. She is looking very dominant at the moment.
- 28 July 2024 9:16 AM GMT
Game 3, Sreeja 2-2 Christina, close start from both paddlers
The game continues the way it went in game 2, with both players not pulling their punches and it is much more evenly fought now.
- 28 July 2024 9:14 AM GMT
Game 3 is underway!
Will Sreeja put a firm foot into the next round by taking this game as well or will Christina mount a fightback?
- 28 July 2024 9:13 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 11-9 Christina, Sreeja goes 2-0 up!
Sreeja keeps her calm and picks up the two points she needed.
Much better from Christina in this game, giving Sreeja a run for her money but the Indian paddler prevailed. She is now 2-0 up in this tie.
