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:
Live Updates
- 28 July 2024 9:12 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 9-9 Christina, its all level!
Christina has pulled off a brilliant comeback and this match is looking much better than the last one.
- 28 July 2024 9:12 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 9-7 Christina, Superb smash from Sreeja!
A smash that the Swede couldn't return! Sreeja is just two away!
- 28 July 2024 9:11 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 8-6 Christina, a comeback on the cards?
Christina now wins her serve and has cut the deficit to two. Can she carry on with this momentum?
- 28 July 2024 9:10 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 8-4 Christina, Brilliant from Sreeja!
Sreeja shows her class and wins her serve and is just three away from taking a 2-0 lead in this tie.
- 28 July 2024 9:10 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 6-4 Christina, much better from Christina
Christina is looking much better in game 2 and the game is looking well poised.
- 28 July 2024 9:09 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 5-2 Christina, Sreeja starts to pull ahead!
As with Game 1, Sreeja is now pulling ahead in this game.
- 28 July 2024 9:08 AM GMT
Game 2, Sreeja 2-2 Christina, Very good smash from the Swede
This would do the Christina a lot of good for her confidence as she placed her smash to perfection.
- 28 July 2024 9:06 AM GMT
Game 2 is underway!
Can Christina put up a fight or will it be Sreeja dominance again?
- 28 July 2024 9:05 AM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 11-4 Christina, Sreeja takes a 1-0 lead!
Comfortable start from Sreeja as she did not let her opponent settle down at all and has looked confident and composed throughout the game.
- 28 July 2024 9:04 AM GMT
Game 1, Sreeja 10-3 Christina, one away for Sreeja
Its been a brilliant start from Sreeja and is almost done with taking a 1-0 lead!
