Paris Olympics 2024, Table Tennis: India’s Sharath Kamal Loses in Men’s Singles Round of 64 – News18

India’s table tennis veteran Sharath Kamal lost to Deni Kozul of Slovenia 2-4 (12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12) in the men’s singles round of 64 clash at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday.

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Earlier, India’s top-ranked table tennis player Sreeja Akula entered the round of 32 with a clinical 4-0 win over Sweden’s Christina Kallberg. Sreeja, who had created history by becoming the first Indian paddler to win a WTT Contender singles title, registered an 11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 victory in 30 minutes over the Swede.

The Indian had little trouble bagging the first set but was stretched in the second, and her rival continued to do that in the next two sets as well.

In the third set, Sreeja and Kallberg went neck-to-neck till 7-5, but the Indian found her bearings just in time to pocket it.

Sreeja made the early running in the fourth set, taking a 9-3 lead, but a few unforced errors and a couple of good smashes helped Kallberg narrow the lead to 9-7 and then to 10-8.

But a powerful unanswered forehand to the right corner of the table propelled Sreeja to the next round.

In the other matches of the day, Manika Batra will face Anna Hursey of Great Britain.

(With inputs from Agencie)

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