Harmeet lost to A Lebrun 0-4
So, India had a mixed day today. Sreeja Akula will play her next match later.
Scores:
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | (4) | |
| 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | (0) |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | (4) | |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | (0) |
Indian players are laser-focused on the Paris Olympics 2024, where 60 countries are participating in the Table Tennis sport. This time, they will not go to the athletes village to enjoy and meet famous sports stars. Their goal is to bag nothing less than medals.
This is probably the first Olympics when this aim is realistic. We have the experienced Sharath Kamal again along with India's star player, Manika Batra. But this time, we also have Sreeja Akula who has improved by leaps and bounds in the past few years and is now ranked in the elite groups.
India's team medal prospects provide some hope as the teams have players of good strength and experience.
Massimo Costantini is also sensing the ambitious mood of the Indian Table tennis team. A unique fact this time is that there are a few personal coaches, which indicates that the sport has become highly professional and lucrative at the top level.
India Table Tennis team composition:
Men’s team: Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, and Manav Thakkar;
Reserve player: G. Sathiyan
Men’s singles: Sharath Kamal and Harmeet Desai
Women’s team: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, and Archana Kamath;
Reserve player: Ayhika Mukherjee
Women’s singles: Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula
