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TT: Akula sails into round of 16; Manika loses
Updated On: 01 August, 2024 06:57 AM IST | Paris | AP
A confident Seeja produced a dominant show to easily pocket the third game and place herself in a strong position to advance to the next round
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India’s Sreeja Akula returns to Sinagapore’s Zeng Jian in Paris yesterday. Pic/AP; PTI
Sreeja Akula rallied to enter the pre-quarterfinals after a hard-fought 4-2 win over Singapore’s Jian Zeng in a women’s singles round of 32 match as Indian table tennis continued to make history here on Wednesday.
On her 26th birthday, Sreeja won the match 9-11 12-10 11-4 11-5 10-12 12-10 to reach the pre-quarterfinals. She lost the opening game but fought back strongly to emerge as the winner in the contest, which lasted 51 minutes.
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