Table Tennis
Tokyo Olympics: Table Tennis LIVE Day 2, July 25 — Sathiyan and Manika to start the day — Updates, score, results, blog
It is Day 2 of the thrilling performances by the Indian paddlers at the Table Tennis arena. Can Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra smoothly sail into the third round?
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Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Table Tennis on Day 2 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Indian Table Tennis stars Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will be looking to continue creating history in their second round matches of the Women's Singles and Men's Singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. Will Sathiyan and Manika be able to successfully make a mark and advance to third rounds?
Order of play:
Men's Singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran v Lam Siu Hang - Round 2
Women's Singles: Manika Batra v Margaryta Pesotska - Round 2
Follow all our LIVE updates here:
Live Updates
- 25 July 2021 5:40 AM GMT
Playing with attacking rubber, Siu-Hang delivers a tactful on-the-run chop to lead 9-6.
- 25 July 2021 5:39 AM GMT
Strong power game from both players now as Siu-Hang pushes Sathiyan back from the table!
- 25 July 2021 5:38 AM GMT
Not so soon though as Sathiyan Gnanasekaran rallies back up.
However, Siu-Hang is giving Sathiyan a taste of his own medicine and still assumes the lead at 6-5. - 25 July 2021 5:36 AM GMT
Hong Kong takes the lead at 4-2 in the 5th game
Siu-Hang puts some pressure back on Sathiyan's game.
- 25 July 2021 5:35 AM GMT
Sathiyan goes back to the forehand flick to get himself to a 2-1 lead in the fifth game!
- 25 July 2021 5:33 AM GMT
Sathiyan takes the fourth game!
Unconventional table tennis from the Hong Kong player but Sathiyan isn't ruffled at all. He wins the fourth game 11-5.
