In the second qualifying round, India were drawn against Fiji and once again, the women in blue recorded a 3-0 triumph.
After a successful outing on the opening day of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Indian women’s table tennis team will face Guyana in the third qualifying round of the women’s team event. India had two matches on day 1, the first oh which was against South Africa. The women in blue ran out 3-0 victors as the doubles team of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula beat the team of Lailaa Edwards and Danisha Jayavant Patel 3-0. Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula also recorded 3-0 singles victories against Musfiquh Kalam and Danisha Jayavant Patel respectively.
In the second qualifying round, India were drawn against Fiji and once again, the women in blue recorded a 3-0 triumph. Batra and Akula were involved in singles action yet again as they defeated Carolyn Li ad Grace Rosi Yee respectively. Both players won by a score of 3-0. The doubles pair of Diya Parag Chitale and Akula also managed to earn a 3-0 victory against the Fiji pair of Touea Titana and Grace Rosi Yee.
Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale, Swastika Ghosh (Reserve)
The Indian Women’s Table Tennis team will take on Guyana on Saturday, July 30, in the third qualifying round of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The match is scheduled to start somewhere between 6:30 pm IST and 11:30 pm IST. The quarter-final is scheduled on the next day from 1 am to 6 am IST.
The Commonwealth Games return to England as Birmingham plays host to the event after London in 1934 and Manchester in 2002. This edition is expected have 72 nations and around 6,600 athletes from all around the world. India will be sending a 322-member squad for Commonwealth Games. Table Tennis has been part of the Commonwealth Games as an optional sport since 2002 and the Indian team is fielding a strong team for the event.
This includes the Men’s and Women’s table tennis teams, where Manika Batra created history in 2018 winning Gold in Australia. She became the the first Indian woman table tennis player to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. In the men’s category, Sharath Kamal won the bronze medal. The Indian table tennis contingent finished the edition with a total of eight medals.
Country | Channel/Streaming service |
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Australia | Seven Network |
Brunei | RTB |
Canada | CBC |
India | DD Sports, Sony Pictures Sports Network, SonyLIV |
Malaysia | Astro, RTM |
New Zealand | Sky NZ |
Singapore | Mediacorp |
United Kingdom | BBC |
Wales | S4C |
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