Paris Olympic Table Tennis Fixtures Draw Update; India Vs China | Manika Batra Vs Anna Hursey | Paris Olympic table tennis event draws released: Manika Batra will face Anna Hersey; Indian men’s team will face China in the first round

This will be Manika Batra’s third 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, the 18th seed for Olympics 2024, had made it to the third round in women’s singles at Tokyo 2020. This will be his third Olympics after debuting in Rio 2016. Anna Hersey will make her debut in the Olympics. World number 28 Batra is ahead of Hersey in the standings, who is ranked 103rd.

India’s star paddler Sharath Kamal will face 27-year-old Deni Kozul of Slovenia in the first round of men’s singles. Kojul had participated in Tokyo 2020 while this will be Sharath Kamal’s fifth Olympics.

India faces tough challenge in men’s team event
In the men’s team event, India will face a tough challenge in its first round. The team will face four-time gold medalist People’s Republic of China in the preliminary round.

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. There will be three matches each in the preliminary round of women’s and women’s singles.

The winners of the preliminary round will qualify for the round off. If Harmeet Desai wins the preliminary round, he will face world number five Felix Lebrun of France in the main draw.

Table tennis events will start from July 27
Table tennis events at Paris 2024 will take place between 27 July and 10 August. 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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