Paris Olympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: Prannoy to face Sen; boxers one win away
Hindustan TimesParis Olympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: HS Prannoy staved off a scare from Vietnam's Le Duc Phat and won his final group game 16-21, 21-11, 21-12. With Lakshya Sen earlier beating the formidable Jonatan Christie in his last group stage match, it means that it will be an all-Indian round of 16 between Prannoy and Sen in badminton men's singles. Later, Akula's dream run ended as well in the round of 16 as she lost 0-4 to World No.1 Sun Yingsha and that thus brought to an end the Indian challenge in singles table tennis. - Tarundeep Rai lost 6-4 to Great Britain's Tom Hall in men's individual archery round of 64 Boxing - Lovlina Borgohain beat Estonia's Sunniva Hofstad in women's 75kg round of 16, through to quarterfinals - Nishant Dev beat Jose Gabriel Rodriguez Tenorio in the men's 71kg round of 16, through to quarterfinals Shooting: - Swapnil Kusale finished seventh in men's 50m rifle 3 position, through to final - Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar finished 11th in in men's 50m rifle 3 position, knocked out - Shreyasi Singh and Rajeshwari Kumari finished 23rd and 22nd respectively in Day 2 of women's trap qualification. Badminton: - PV Sindhu beat Kristin Kuuba 21-5, 21-10 win women's singles group stage match, qualified for round of 16 - Lakshya Sen beat Jonatan Christie 21-18, 21-12 in men's singles group stage, qualified for round of 16 - HS Prannoy beat Le Duc Phat 16-21, 21-11, 21-12 in men's singles group stage, through to round of 16 Table tennis: - Sreeja Akula beat Jian Zeng 4-2, through to women's singles round of 16 - Manika Batra lost 4-1 to Miu Hirano in women's singles round of 16 - Sreeja Akula lost 0-4 to China's Sun Yingsha in women's singles round of 16 Equestrian: - Anush Agarwalla out in men's dressage with score of 66.444 with his partner Sir Caramello Old.