Table Tennis
Tokyo Olympics: Table Tennis LIVE Day 3 — Sharath, Sutirtha and Manika to seize the day— Updates, score, results, blog
The Day 3 of Tokyo Olympics is set to begin with Sharath Kamal, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra who would determine India's journey in Table Tennis.
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE blog for Table Tennis on Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics.
Indian Table Tennis stars Sharath Kamal, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra will be looking to continue creating history in their second and third round matches of the Men's Singles and Women's Singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. Will Sharath, Sutirtha and Manika be able to successfully make a mark and create a memorable Olympics?
Order of play:
Men's Singles:
A Sharath Kamal vs Tiago Apolonia - Round 2
Women's Singles:
Sutirtha Mukherjee vs Fu Yu - Round 2
Manika Batra vs Sofia Polcanova - Round 3
Follow all our LIVE updates here:
Live Updates
- 26 July 2021 7:26 AM GMT
Hello and welcome back to another live blog!
Manika Batra to go against Sofia Polcanova
- 26 July 2021 3:39 AM GMT
Up Next Manika Batra v/s Sofia Polcanova
The Indian ace Manika Batra will take on No. 10 seed Sofia Polcanova of Austria in Round 3 of Women's Singles.
The match is expected to commence at 13:00 IST
Stay Tuned..
- 26 July 2021 3:30 AM GMT
Sutirtha's campaign comes to an end
With an astounding and arguably unexpected Round 1 victory Sutirtha made headlines.
Monday, however, had no mercy
Fu Yu advances with a 4-0 whitewash.
Final Score:
11-3, 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
- 26 July 2021 3:28 AM GMT
Change in body language
Sutirtha urges herself up, tries to stay proactive, hits 2 winners, leads for the first time.
But all isn't enough. Fu Yu leads 9-4. looking to finish in straight sets
- 26 July 2021 3:24 AM GMT
It's not looking good for Sutirtha
Fu Yu takes Set 3 11-5, 3 of which were unforced errors.
Sutirtha struggling to keep Fu engaged in rallies and misses on outright winners time and again
- 26 July 2021 3:20 AM GMT
Desperate times need desperate measures
Coach calls for a time out to boost Sutirtha's confidence.
- 26 July 2021 3:18 AM GMT
Quick Fact
The longest rally yet has been 13 shots.
A testament to how easy Fu Yu is having by far