India At Paris 2024 Olympics Day 2 LIVE: H.S. Prannoy Beats Fabian Roth In His Opening Match In Men's Badminton Singles

India At Paris 2024 Olympics Day 2 LIVE: H.S. Prannoy Beats Fabian Roth In His Opening Match In Men's Badminton Singles

The live coverage of India's campaign on Day 2 at Paris Olympics 2024

Hrishikesh DamodarUpdated: Sunday, July 28, 2024, 09:07 PM IST
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H.S. Prannoy. | (Image Credits: Twitter)

Live updates:

8:57 pm: H.S Prannoy beats Fabian Roth in straight games in his opening match.

6:10 pm: Sumit Nagal loses to Corentin Moutet in the opening round of Tennis men's singles.

6:03 pm: Indian women Archery trio of Ankita Bhakat, Deepika Kumari, and Bhajan Kaur have lost to the Netherlands in the quarterfinal.

5:15 pm: Table Tennis star Manika Batra has qualified for Round of 32 category in women's singles category with a comfortable win over Anna Hursey.

4:50 pm: Arjun Babuta has qualified for the final of 10m Air Rifle shooting category

3;59 PM: 1st Medal for India! Shooter Manu Bhaker clinches bronze in women's 10m air pistol. She becomes the first Indian woman shooter to win an Olympic medal.

3:03 PM: Women's table tennis player Sreeja Akula dominated Christina Kallberg in four straight sets - 11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 in the singles event.

2:02 PM: Rifle shooter Ramita Jindal booked her berth for the Final after finishing fifth with 631.5 points in the qualification round of the Women's 10m Air rifle event. Her compatriot Elavenil Valarivan failed to qualify for the final as she finished 10th with 630.7 points.

1:32 PM: Rower Balraj Panwar qualified for the quarterfinals of the Men's Singles Sculls after finishing second in the repechage round.

1:31 PM: PV Sindhu opened India's account on Day 2 as she kickstarted her campaign with a dominating win over Maldives' Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq - 21-9, 21-6 in the opening round of the group stage of women's singles in badminton.

Sindhu dominated the match from the start and left no room for Malvidian opponent to make a comeback in the game.

Preview:

Shooter Manu Bhaker and women's archery team will be aiming for the glory as two medals are up for grabs for India on Day 2 of the Paris Olympics 2024. Bhaker qualified for the final after finishing third in the qualification round of the women's 10m air pistol event.

The women's archery team, on the other hand, directly qualified for the quarterfinals after finishing fourth in the ranking round. Women's team, consisting of Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari will take on Netherlands or France in the quarterfinals.

Apart from Manu Bhaker, four more Indian shooters will be back in action - Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita Jindal, Arjun Babuta and Sandeep Singh for women's and men's 10m air rifle individual event. PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will kick off their campaign in group stage of women's and men's singles in badminton, respectively.

Rower Arjun Balraj has kept his medal hopes alive as he will be feature repechage round after finishing fourth in the Men's Singles Sculls' heats. The table tennis will be too on focus, with Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra and Harmeet Desai to feature in the round of 64 of the singles' event.

Tennis doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji and singles player Sumit Nagal will feature in their respective opening rounds.

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