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World Team Table Tennis Championships: Despite spirited comeback win, Indian women face challenging route to Paris Olympics | Sport-others News

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The Indian women’s team stood firm and launched a spirited comeback after going two matches down to beat Spain 3-2 in their final group-stage clash of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Tuesday. With the narrow win, India finished second in their group with three wins from four matches, and made it to the knockouts, but they have been handed a challenging draw that could thwart their quest to qualify for the Olympics as a team. India have to reach the quarterfinal of this tournament to earn a direct qualification for the Paris Games. In the Round of 32, they face a strong Italy team who finished third in their group. They may go into that game as favourites, but the winner of the tie will meet a very strong Chinese Taipei side in the pre-quarterfinal. Sreeja Akula takes Team India across the finish line, taking down Sofia-Xuan Zhang to end Team Spain’s hopes of qualifying to the knockout rounds 💥 #ITTFWorlds2024 #Busan2024 #TableTennis #PingPong pic.twitter.com/y9lKn9dQtz — World Table Tennis (@WTTGlobal) February …

After China miss, Manika Batra delivers crucial win against Hungary

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Coming off two defeats in India’s battling 3-2 loss to China in the opening group fixture, Manika Batra had a lot riding on her shoulders walking into the final match of the tie against Hungary locked at 2-2. India’s top-ranked paddler delivered the result her team desperately needed, defeating Hungarian No. 1 Georgina Pota 3-0 (11-5, 14-12, 13-11) in the deciding rubber to give the Indian women’s team its first win at the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Sunday. India’s Manika Batra in action during her women’s singles group stage match(REUTERS) Manika came up with two gritty wins on the day, also giving India the lead in the first match by edging past their No. 2 Dora Madarasz 3-2 (8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 11-4). With Sreeja Akula having a below-par outing — she lost to world No. 88 Pota and No. 90 Madarasz — and Ayhika Mukherjee coming up with another impressive result in beating Bernadett Balint 3-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8), it would all come down to Manika. Discover the …

Ayhika, Sreeja create history by taking two matches off China at World Team Table Tennis C’Ships

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Indian sports fans woke up to an incredible Friday morning. Ayhika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula stunned two of the world’s top-most paddlers during India’s Group 1 fixture against China at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea. As incredible as it might sound, Ayhika, who brought home India’s maiden Asian Games doubles medal along with Sutirtha Mukherjee in 2023, took down the world no. 1 Sun Yingsha, while Sreeja, ranked 49th, forced world no. 2 Wang Yidi to kowtow before her. By upsetting the world’s top two players, Ayhika and Sreeja also registered their biggest wins in women’s singles. India rustled the dragon today at the #WTT Team Championship. Ayhika Mukherjee stunned the World no. 1️⃣ Sun Yingsha in the opener and Sreeja Akula bagged her match with a sound of chaos defeating World no. 2️⃣Wang Yidi. While Manika Batra fell short to capitalise on the flow, 🇮🇳… pic.twitter.com/GLUhQdDAVx — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) February 16, 2024 Though China, in the end, avoided the impending loss, with Manika Batra losing her two …

Preview, fixtures, live streaming info

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India is set to commence their journey at the World Team Table Tennis Championships tomorrow in Busan, Korea Republic, running from February 16 to 25. Notably, quarterfinalists in both the men’s and women’s sections will secure a ticket to Paris, marking India’s pathway to the Summer Olympics. Additionally, teams qualifying for the Olympics are assured two singles places. The Indian men’s team, seeded 16th, is placed in group 3, while the 17th seeded women’s team is in group 1. A total of eight teams, with five teams in each group, will see the top three teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. Groups: Men’s team: India, Korea, Poland, Chile, New Zealand Women’s team: India, China, Hungary, Spain, Uzbekistan Team India squad list: Men’s team: Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, G. Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal, Manush Shah. Women’s team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Archana Kamath, Ayhika Mukherjee, Diya Chitale. India Fixtures: (All the timings are in Indian Standard Time, IST) Men’s Team Event: – Saturday, February 17, 2024: India vs Chile at 4:30 pm – Sunday, …