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PARIS: American Coco Gauff's hopes of singles gold at the Olympics evaporated in the third round as she argued with officials and slumped to a 7-6(7) 6-2 defeat by Croatia's Donna Vekic in furnace-like conditions at Roland Garros on Tuesday (Jul 30).
PARIS: Chen Meng, China's reigning table tennis singles gold medallist, carved a path to the round of 16 by defeating the formidable Swedish player Linda Bergstrom 4-1 on Tuesday (Jul 30).
Rafael Nadal-Carlos Alcaraz Men's Doubles, Paris Olympics Live Streaming: Spanish duo of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz take on Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof in men's doubles tennis match of Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday (IST). Earlier on Monday, Alcaraz battled through his groin niggle and defeated Griekspoor 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) to stay on course for a gold medal to add to his four Grand Slam titles. On the other hand, Nadal was swept off court by old rival Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the pair's 60th meeting. The defeat ended injury-plagued Nadal's outside hopes of winning a second singles gold after his 2008 triumph in Beijing.
After entering the Round of 16 in Women's singles at the Paris Olympics, India's Table Tennis player Manika Batra said she was really happy after defeating France's Prithika Pavade. "It was the best match, playing against a French player in France and winning was amazing. I'm really happy that I won against Prithika because she has a higher rank than me... I was well prepared to play with her," Manika said, as quoted by Olympics.com. Batra defeated her French opponent 4-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7) in the table tennis women's singles round of 32 match.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Spain's Rafael Nadal on Monday in the second round of the men's tennis singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Manika Batra made history by becoming the first Indian table tennis player to reach the singles pre-quarterfinals at the Olympic Games with a fluent 4-0 win over world number 18 and home favourite Prithika Pavade here on Monday. The 29-year-old Manika dominated from start to finish for an 11-9 11-6 11-9 11-7 win over Prithika, who has Indian roots. It turned out to be one of the most memorable matches for an Indian table tennis player in Olympics history. Manika had reached the round of 32 at the Tokyo Olympics and she bettered that performance on Monday.
Manu Bhaker was on course to make more Olympic history as she put herself in contention for an unprecedented second medal on a day when the men's hockey team managed an underwhelming draw, a fourth-place finish broke Indian hearts at the shooting range and the pampered archers simply capitulated. For a second day running, Bhaker was the star of the India show as she combined with Sarabjot Singh to make the bronze medal match of the 10m air pistol mixed team competition at Chateauroux's shooting range.
PARIS :Spain's Carlos Alcaraz was troubled by a groin injury during his 6-1 7-6(3) second round win over Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor at the Paris Olympics tennis tournament on Monday, but he hoped he would be pain free in time for his doubles match on Tuesday.