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 6:22 PM GMT
Game 3, Harmeet 5-9 Felix, Felix oozing class!
Harmeet has not been up to his mark in game 3 and Felix is running away with it at the moment.
- 28 July 2024 6:21 PM GMT
Game 3, Harmeet 3-7 Felix, up by four the Frenchman!
Felix is starting to pull ahead in game 3 with a four point lead!
- 28 July 2024 6:19 PM GMT
Game 3, Harmeet 2-2 Felix, Still a very close contest!
Despite a 2-0 lead, this match has been much closer than anticipated.
- 28 July 2024 6:17 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 8-11 Felix, Felix goes 2-0 up!
Felix seals game 2 and is now 2-0 up and is looking comfortable despite the best of efforts from Harmeet Desai.
Can the Indian mount a fightback?
- 28 July 2024 6:15 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 6-8 Felix, Felix holding on!
Felix is still holding on to his two-point lead and is two points away from putting daylight between him and the Indian paddler.
- 28 July 2024 6:14 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 4-6 Felix, Harmeet is not giving up!
Although Felix is playing extremely well, Harmeet is just not giving up and is playing to his strengths.
- 28 July 2024 6:12 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 2-4 Felix, Felix up by two!
The Frenchman is looking more and more comfortable in this game.
- 28 July 2024 6:11 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 1-2 Felix, wonderful from Felix!
The 17 year old Frenchman has found his rhythm and is now starting to look his usual self!
- 28 July 2024 6:10 PM GMT
Game 2 begins!
More of the same please! This is turning out to be a contest for the ages.
