India table tennis player Sreeja Akula won the women's singles title at the WTT Feeder Beirut II 2024 tournament after beating Luxembourg's Sarah De Nutte.
Paris 2024 will mark the first time that India will have representation in the team events at the Olympics. Both the men's and women's team events were introduced in the Olympic programme at Beijing 2008
Moving to the quarterfinals would have ensured an Olympics 2024 quota for both Indian teams, but the dreams of earning a direct qualification through this tournament is over. However, India can still fulfill its Paris 2024 dream depending on their world ranking at the month-end.
The Indian men's and women's teams secured their spots in the round of 16 stage of the ongoing World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea on Wednesday, with both sides just a victory away from Paris Olympics 2024 quota.
India's men's and women's table tennis teams secured victories against New Zealand and Spain, respectively, in their final group stage matches at the World Table Tennis Team Championships.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' (MYAS) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), during the weekly meeting, approved paddlers Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh's proposals for advanced-level training in South Korea and Japan respectively
Earlier, the Indian women's team led by Manika Batra produced a strong performance to blank Uzbekistan 3-0, registering their second straight victory in Group 1 of the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Monday.
India's Nithya Mani qualified for the main draw of the ongoing WTT Star Contender Goa 2024 after winning her final qualifying round match on Wednesday at the Peddem Indoor Stadium in Mapusa
India's experienced duo paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran crashed out of the men's singles Round of 16 on Friday in the ongoing Asian Games.
She beat Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut by 4-2 (11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6) in her round of 16 match-up. After the first four thrilling sets which made the scoreline level at 2-2, Batra beat Suthasini in the next two sets to secure the win.
India's ace paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran on Thursday registered victories in their respective matches to advance into the men's singles Round of 16 at the ongoing 19th Asian Games.