India At Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 (31st July) Highlights | PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen storm to the RO16, Swapnil in 50m Rifle 3 positions finals, Lovlina and Nishant into QFs

Hello and Welcome to Sportz Point's coverage of India at Paris Olympics 2024 as we look to bring you all the updates of Day 5 (31st July) from the web desk.

This is Abishek Goswami who will be joined by Koushik Biswas later to bring you all the timely updates, news, scores, and results of Indian athletes/teams in action today.

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Aug 01, 2024 01:56 IST
India At Pairs Olympics 2024: Day 5 rewind
• PV Sindhu into the round of 16 of women's singles 🏸
• Swapnil Kusale qualified for the Men's 50m Rifle 3 position finals 🔫
• Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy qualify for the round of 16. They will face each other in the next round. 🏸
• Lovlina Borgohain qualified for the Quarter-finals of the Women's 75kg 🥊
• Deepika Kumari qualified for the round of 16 of Women's individual event 🎯
• Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra lost their respective round of 16 matches 🏓
• Nisant Dev qualified for the quarter-finals of Men's 71kg category 🥊



Aug 01, 2024 01:50 IST
Day 5 ends!
That's it for today. It was a great day with Indian badminton stars moving to the next rounds, good results in shooting while we saw some great fights from our paddlers and wins in boxing too!
 
Thank you for staying back and hope you enjoyed the coverage!
 
See you tomorrow with the updates of Day 6! Good night.
 



Aug 01, 2024 01:19 IST
Table Tennis: Sreeja gets eliminated
 A brilliant fight by the Indian paddler against the World No. 1. But, the Chinese star was too strong for her. The first two games will haunt Sreeja for a long time for sure.
 
Sun Yingsha wins by 12-10, 12-10, 11-8, 11-3.
 
#TableTennis 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 ❣️

🏓Sreeja Akula bows out from round of 16 of Women's Singles after getting beaten by World No. 1 Sun Yingsha 0-4 despite a great fight!

The future of Indian Table Tennis 🔥#Paris2024 #IndiaAtOlympics #SreejaAkula pic.twitter.com/Cn1NpGslZ6
— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) July 31, 2024



Aug 01, 2024 01:07 IST
Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula loses the third game
Sreeja fights but the World No.1 proves to be too good for her.
 
Sun Yingsha wins the game by 11-8!
 
3-0 to Yinghsa



Aug 01, 2024 00:58 IST
Table Tennis: The repeat of the first game
The repeat of the first game. From 5-10 to 12-10, Sun Yingsha bags the second game as well. 
 
Heartbreaking for Sreeja and Indian fans!
 



Aug 01, 2024 00:53 IST
Boxing: Nishant Dev wins RO16 match by 3-2



Aug 01, 2024 00:46 IST
Table Tennis: Sreeja loses first game by 10-12
From 10-6 to 10-12, Sreeja Aklua had the chance to win the first game but lost six consecutive points against World No. 1 Sun Yingsha
 
1-0 to Yingsha!



Aug 01, 2024 00:30 IST
Up Next: Sreeja Akula in action against World No.1
Sreeja Akula will be in action against World No.1 Sun Yingsha in the round of 16 of women's singles in Table Tennis.
 
Can she be the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of a singles event at Olympics?



Aug 01, 2024 00:05 IST
Badminton | HS Prannoy into the Round of 16

 
The Indian shuttler was down and out after the first game but won the next two sets by 21-11 and 21-12 to win the match by 2-1!
 
He will now face Lakshya Sen in the round of 16 as the group topper.



Jul 31, 2024 23:43 IST
Badminton | HS Prannoy comes back in the second game
HS Prannoy makes a stunning comeback in the second game (21-11) and makes it 1-1 in the match.
Game on!



Jul 31, 2024 23:25 IST
Badminton: Prannoy losses the first game 16-21
HS Prannoy loses the first game by 16-21 against the Vietnamese Duc Phat Le!



Jul 31, 2024 23:06 IST
Badminton: HS Prannoy is in action
HS Prannoy is in action in men's singles!



Jul 31, 2024 22:21 IST
Next Up!
• HS Prannoy in Men's singles 🏸 11.00 pm 
• Sreeja Akula in Women's singles round of 16 🏓 12.30 am (next day)
• Nishant Dev in Men's 71kg round of 16 🥊 12.34 am (next day)



Jul 31, 2024 21:44 IST
Archery | Tom Hall wins the match by 6-4
Tom Hall beats Tarundeep Rai by 6-4. 
In his fourth Olympics, Tarundeep Rai exits from the round of 64.



Jul 31, 2024 21:41 IST
Archery | Hall leading by 5-3
Tom Hall wins the fourth set by 29-28 and leads by 5-3 points in the match!



Jul 31, 2024 21:38 IST
Archery | 3-3
Tarundeep Rai wins the third set by 28-25 and makes it 3-3 in the match!



Jul 31, 2024 21:37 IST
Archery | Hall leading by 3-1
Hall leading by 3-1 after two sets.



Jul 31, 2024 21:33 IST
#Archery | Tarundeep Rai in action
Tarundeep Rai is in action against Tom Hall in Men's individual round of 64!
 



Jul 31, 2024 21:26 IST
Table Tennis | Hirano wins the match by 4-1
Manika tried her best but Miu Hirano was indeed the better player with faster hands, better skill and fewer errors. 
 
Miu Hirano wins the fifth game by 11-6 and wins the match by 4-1!
 
Manika now will have to focus on team event.



Jul 31, 2024 21:21 IST
Table Tennis | 5-1 to Hirano in fifth game
Hirano making it clear that she is going for Batra's backhand and winning points easily.
 
5-1 to Hirano!



Jul 31, 2024 21:18 IST
Table Tennis | Hirano wins the fourth game
Manika tried her best to come back and close out the game. But, Hirano proves to be too strong and wins the fourth game by 11-8
 
3-1 to Hirano!



Jul 31, 2024 21:13 IST
Table tennis | 5-6 to Hirano in fourth game
Manika was trailing by 2-6 and came back strong to make it 5-6 before Hirano took the break!
2-1 to Hirano



Jul 31, 2024 21:07 IST
Table Tennis | Manika Batra wins the third game
Yes, come on, says Manika and the whole of India!
Manika was able to take the game deep and then be calm in the pressure situations to win the game by 14-12
 
Huge, game for her! 
 
Hirano still leading by 2-1



Jul 31, 2024 21:05 IST
Table Tennis | 12-12
It is getting deep! Manika saves three game points. 
 
12-12!



Jul 31, 2024 21:00 IST
Table Tennis | 8-6 Batra
Manika loses the momentum again and she takes the break!
Manika needs to win this game.



Jul 31, 2024 20:58 IST
Table Tennis | 7-2 Manika in the third game
Great start to the third game for Manika. 7-2!



Jul 31, 2024 20:55 IST
Table Tennis | Hirano wins the second game
Hirano wins the second game by 11-9. The Japanese showed her class as despite having a big 2-6 deficit at the start, she was able to force Batra to errors!
2-0 to Hirano!



Jul 31, 2024 20:53 IST
Table Tennis | 9-9
Manika Batra comes back with a few backhand shots and makes it 9-9!



Jul 31, 2024 20:50 IST
Table Tennis | 6-6
Hirano makes it 6-6 after four consecutive points!



Jul 31, 2024 20:49 IST
Table Tennis | Manika leading by 6-2 in the second game
Manika takes the 6-2 lead in the second game!



Jul 31, 2024 20:44 IST
Table Tennis | Hirano wins the first game
Hirano wins the first game by 11-6 against Manika Batra.
 
Manika needs to do something different before the match goes out of hand quickly.



Jul 31, 2024 20:42 IST
Table Tennis | 6-6 in the first break
Manika has been able to go toe-to-toe against the Tokyo silver medalist. 

6-6 at the towel break.



Jul 31, 2024 20:31 IST
Up next | Manika Batra in action Miu Hirano
Manika Batra will be in action against Miu Hirano in Women's Singles round of 16.



Jul 31, 2024 16:54 IST
Archery | Deepika Kumari qualifies for Round of 16
Deepika Kumari qualifies for the round of 16 as she won the fourth set by 28-23!
 
The Indian archer won by 6-2!
 
She qualifies for round of 16 and will be in action on 3rd August at 10.22 pm IST Michelle Kroppen of Germany!



Jul 31, 2024 16:49 IST
Archery | Deepika wins the third set
Deepika wins the third set as Roffeen missed the first shot completely. 
The Indian archer won the set by 25-17!
 
4-2 to Deepika!



Jul 31, 2024 16:47 IST
Archery | Deepika loses the second set
Deepika Kumari lost the second set by 27-29!
 
2-2!



Jul 31, 2024 16:44 IST
Archery | Deepika wins the first set
Deepika Kumari wins the first set by 29-28!

2-0 to Deepika!



Jul 31, 2024 16:42 IST
Archery | Deepika Kumari faces Quinty Roeffen
Deepika Kumari faces Quinty Roeffen in the round of 32. 



Jul 31, 2024 16:22 IST
Archery | Deepika Kumari in Round of 32
Deepika Kumari qualifies for round of 32 by beating Reena Parnat in the shoot-off. Deepika won by 6-5 in after scoring 9 in the shoot-off!
 
Her round of 32 match will start at 4:35 pm IST.



Jul 31, 2024 16:16 IST
Boxing | Lovlina Borgohain qualifies for Quarter-final

 
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain qualifies for the Quarter-finals of the Women's 75kg category. She beats Sunniva Hofstad by 5-0!
 
She will face No. 1 seed Li Qian of China in QF on 4th August from 3.02 pm IST.



Jul 31, 2024 16:10 IST
Archery | Deepaki Kumari vs Reena Parnat in Women's individual
 Deepaki Kumari vs Reena Parnat in Women's individual goes to shoot-offs!



Jul 31, 2024 16:07 IST
Boxing | Lovlina Borgohain is in action
Lovlina Bogohain has won the first two rounds.



Jul 31, 2024 15:36 IST
Next: Lovllina will be in action soon
Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain will face Norway’s Sunniva Hofstad in the next match. 



Jul 31, 2024 15:33 IST
Table Tennis | Sreeja enters round of 16

𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐣𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 🔥
 
Sreeja Akula defeats Zeng Jian of Singapore by 4-3 to qualify for the round of 16. She becomes the second Indian to achieve the feat. 
She will face WR 1 Sun Yingsha in RO16.
#TableTennis 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐒𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐣𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 🔥

🏓 Sreeja Akula defeats Zeng Jian of Singapore by 4-3 to qualify for RO16 as the second Indian.

⌛ She will face WR 1 Yingsha in RO16,#Paris2024 #IndiaAtOlympics pic.twitter.com/sYBA3ZhpzD
— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) July 31, 2024



Jul 31, 2024 15:15 IST
Table Tennis | Akula looses the fifth game
Sreeja Akula losses the fifth game by 12-10 after saving three game points. 
 
She still leads by 3-2 in the match!



Jul 31, 2024 15:09 IST
Table Tennis | 6-6 in the fifth game
At the towel break, it is 6-6 in the fifth game!



Jul 31, 2024 15:04 IST
Table Tennis | Sreeja Akula leading by 3-1
Brilliant from the Indian No.1 Table Tennis player who takes the lead in the fourth game. 
 
Sreeja Akula is leading by 3-1!



Jul 31, 2024 14:52 IST
Badminton | Lakshya Sen into the knockouts
What a performance from the Indian shuttler! 

Lakshya Sen beats World No. 3 Jonathan Christie by 21-18, 21-13 to qualify for the knockouts of men's singles in his debut Olympics. 
 
 



Jul 31, 2024 14:34 IST
Table Tennis | Sreeja Akula in action
Next Up: Women's Singles Round of 32 - Sreeja Akula vs Zeng Jian (Singapore)



Jul 31, 2024 14:31 IST
Badminton | Sen leading by 7-3 in the second game
Lakshya Sen is leading by 7-3 in the second game.