Manika Batra to face Anna Hersey; The Indian men's team will face China in the first round
The draw for the table tennis event for the Olympics starting from July 26 in Paris, the capital of France, has been announced. Indian table tennis player Manika Batra will face 18-year-old Anna Hersey of Great Britain in the first round of the women's singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Batra, seeded 18th at the 2024 Olympics, qualified for the third round of women's singles at Tokyo 2020. This will be his third Olympics after debuting in Rio 2016. Anna Hersey will make her Olympic debut. World No. 28 Batra is ahead of Hersey in the standings, who is ranked 103.
India's star paddler Sharath Kamal will face Slovenia's 27-year-old Dani Kozul in the men's singles first round. Kojul participated in Tokyo 2020 while this will be Sharath Kamal's fifth Olympics.
The draw for the table tennis event for the Olympics starting from July 26 in Paris, the capital of France, has been announced. Indian table tennis player Manika Batra will face 18-year-old Anna Hersey of Great Britain in the first round of the women's singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Batra, seeded 18th at the 2024 Olympics, qualified for the third round of women's singles at Tokyo 2020. This will be his third Olympics after debuting in Rio 2016. Anna Hersey will make her Olympic debut. World No. 28 Batra is ahead of Hersey in the standings, who is ranked 103.
India's star paddler Sharath Kamal will face Slovenia's 27-year-old Dani Kozul in the men's singles first round. Kojul participated in Tokyo 2020 while this will be Sharath Kamal's fifth Olympics.
India will face tough challenges in the men's team event
India will face a tough challenge in its first round in the men's team event.
Harmeet will start from the preliminary round
Harmeet Desai will start his men's singles campaign from the preliminary round. Desai will face Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman on July 27. The women's and women's singles preliminary rounds will have three matches each.
The winners of the preliminary round will qualify for the round off. If Harmeet Desai wins the opening round, he will face world number five Felix Lebrun of France in the main draw.
The table tennis events will start from July 27
The table tennis events at Paris 2024 will be held between July 27 and August 10. All five events including Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Mixed Doubles, Men's Team and Women's Team will be played at the South Paris Arena.
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