Table Tennis
Olympics 2024 Table Tennis: Harmeet Desai defeats Abo Yaman- Highlights
Harmeet Desai will play the preliminary round in the men's singles category in tale tennis, in his Olympic debut match.
India's table tennis journey at the Paris Olympics kicked off with a win with Harmeet Desai defeating Jordanian Zaid Yaman 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 in straight sets.
After a slow start, Harmeet was on full flow as he dominated his opponent and secured a rather comfortable victory.
He will face France's Felix Lebrun in the next round on 28th July.
As it happened:
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- 27 July 2024 2:08 PM GMT
Game 3, Harmeet 3-1 Abo Yaman, same story as last game!
Harmeet, much like Game 2, takes an early 3-1 lead in Game 3.
- 27 July 2024 2:07 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 11-9 Abo Yaman, Harmeet goes 2-0 up!
Although Harmeet was in a tricky position, he held his nerve and has now taken a solid 2-0 lead over Abo Yaman in this preliminary round.
Abo Yaman will be ruing his unforced errors in this Game and will be hoping to not repeat them in the upcoming matches.
- 27 July 2024 2:05 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 9-8 Abo Yaman, strong rally!
Abo Yaman edged out as the winner after a very good rally between him and the Indian. Abo Yaman is playing very well to take the game against his higher ranked opponent.
- 27 July 2024 2:04 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 8-6 Abo Yaman, Harmeet three away from a 2-0 lead!
Harmeet is doing well to maintain his lead as he closes in on the second Game.
- 27 July 2024 2:03 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 7-5 Abo Yaman, Harmeet pulls ahead again
Unforced errors from Abo Yaman has now put Harmeet in the lead again.
- 27 July 2024 2:02 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 5-5 Abo Yaman, Abo Yaman pulls level
Brilliant from Abo Yaman as he levels things up against Harmeet.
- 27 July 2024 2:02 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 5-3 Abo Yaman, Abo Yaman hits a wayward smash
In what should have been a regulation smash, Abo Yaman missed his mark sending the ball over the table.
- 27 July 2024 2:00 PM GMT
Game 2, Harmeet 3-1 Abo Yaman, strong start from Harmeet
Harmeet picks up from where he left off, taking a lead right away in Game 2. He is looking very good.