Paris Olympics 2024 Table Tennis, Day 10 Highlights: Indian women's team reach Quarterfinals with win over Romania

Alex is web content writer who is covering various sports, technology in sports and igaming space from 2017.

Published at :August 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM

Modified at :August 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM

The Indian women’s table tennis team of Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, and Archana Kamath is ready to face Romania at the Paris Olympics 2024.

The Indian women’s table tennis team will face Romania in the round of 16 of the Women’s Team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The likes of Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra, and Archana Kamath will represent the nation at the prestigious multi-sport event.

On the other side, the Romanian table tennis team had Adina Diaconu, Bernadette Szőcs, and Elizabeta Samara. Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra also reached the round of 16 of the women’s singles event. Since the inclusion of the sport at the Olympic Games, it was the first time that two Indians managed to reach the quarterfinals.

However, Akula lost to China’s Sun Yingsha in the pre-quarterfinals. Yingsha is currently the women’s World No. 1. Meanwhile, Manika Batra lost to former World No. 5 Miu Hirano of Japan 1-4 in the aforementioned round. If India manages to defeat the Romanian women’s table tennis team, they will face either the United States or Germany in the quarter-finals.

Apart from them, the Indian men’s table tennis team will commence their campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics against the hot favorites for the gold medal, China. Harmeet Desai, Sharath Kamal, and Manav Thakkar will represent the tri-color flag in the French capital against the Chinese team.’

Trending Indian Sports articles

China’s men’s table tennis team has the likes of Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, and five-time Olympic gold medalist, Ma Long. Wang Chuqin won the gold medal in Paris in the mixed doubles event alongside women’s World No. 1 Sun Yingsha. Meanwhile, Fan Zhendong defeated Sweden’s Truls Möregårdh to win the men’s singles gold at the Paris Olympics.

For more updates, follow Khel Now on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; download the Khel Now Android App or IOS App and join our community on Whatsapp & Telegram

Alex

Alex graduated in mass communication in 2016 and has been covering global sports for Khel Now since then. He is covering sports tech, igaming, sports betting and casino domain from 2017.