Paris Olympics: Sreeja joins Manika in table tennis women's singles pre-quartefinals (Image Source: IANS)
South Paris Arena: India’s Sreeja Akula outplayed the Singaporean paddler Zeng Jian in the women’s singles round of 32 table tennis match at the Paris 2024 Olympics and joined compatriot Manika Batra in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals.
Sreeja, India’s top-ranked singles player, registered a 4-2 (9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 12-10) win in 51 minutes at the South Paris Arena on Wednesday.
Sreeja became only the second Indian table tennis singles player to make the round of 16 at the Olympics.