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- Published: August 7, 2024 15:52
New Delhi: In a major setback for India’s medal hopes, women’s table tennis has crashed out of the Women’s table tennis team event after losing out to the 5th-seeded German team.
INDIAN TABLE TENNIS WOMEN'S TEAM ALSO LOST IN THE QF
The Indian team Of Manika, Sreeja and Archana lost to Germany 1-3 in the QF
Archana/Sreeja lost 1-3
Manika Batra lost 1-3
Archana Kamath won 3-1
Sreeja Akula lost 0-3#TableTennis #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/ie8fc6wzxR— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) August 7, 2024
Meanwhile, the Men’s Team lost easily against the Chinese team. Earlier, both Manika and Sreeja became the first female paddler to qualify for the Round of 16 in the individual event at the Olympics. Although the results have not been in favour of the Indian paddlers, Indian table tennis has progressed by leaps and bounds.
Meanwhile, the medal hopes of India will continue as Avinash Sable looks to clinch the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase which is scheduled to take place tonight.
Match-by-match Scoreline
Match 1 (Germany)
Germany started in the tie in style as they won the first game of women’s doubles (Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath vs Yuan Wan and Xiaona Shan) 3-1. The final scoreline was 5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 6-11.
Match 2 (Germany)
In the second game, Germany again managed to win the game comfortably as Annett Kaufmann defeated Manika Batra 3-1. Batra went down 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 5-11.
Match 3 (India)
However, India came back strongly in their third match as Archana Kamath won her game against Xiaona Shan. The final scoreline was 19-17, 1-11, 11-5, 11-9.
Match 4 (Germany)
Germany however had the last laugh in the tie as Annett Kaufmann defeated Sreeja Akula 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7) in the final game.
Final- Germany won 3-1
🇮🇳 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺! The Indian women's table tennis team faced defeat against 5th seed, Germany, in the quarter-final, ending their campaign at #Paris2024.
🏓 Regardless of today's result, it has been a good effort from our women's team to make… pic.twitter.com/PwDBNkElYd
— India at Paris 2024 Olympics (@sportwalkmedia) August 7, 2024
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