Olympics 2024 Day 5 Highlights: HS Prannoy has set up a blockbuster men's singles pre-quarter-final against compatriot Lakshya Sen in the Paris Olympics 2024 men's single badminton event. Prannoy beat Duc Phat Le (Vietnam) in three games to enter the Round of 16. Earlier in the day, Lakshya Sen beat Jonatan Christie to advance. PV Sindhu also reached women's singles Round of 16. Boxers Lovlina Borgohain (women's 75kg) and Nishant Dev (men's 71kg) are one win away from securing a medal after advancing to the quarterfinals of their respective categories. Table tennis stars Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula have been knocked out of Round of 16 In archery, Tarundeep Rai lost his Round Of 64 match against Great Britain's Tom Hall while Deepika Kumari reached the Round of 16 after registering a comfortable 6-2 win over Quinty Roeffen of the Netherlands. (India's Day 5 Schedule | Medal Tally)
Here are the Highlights of Day 5 of the Paris Olympics 2024:
- 01:23 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Decent day for IndiaOverall, this has been a decent day for India. Two Indian boxers Nishant Dev and Lovlina Borgohain entered the quarter-finals. Shooter Swapnil Kushale entered the 50m rifle 3 position final. In badminton, three singles players - PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy - have entered the Round of 16
- 01:20 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Sreeja losesSreeja has lost the Round of 16 match against Sun Yingsha (China) by going down 4-0. She became the second Indian table tennis star to enter Olympics round of 16. She took a good lead in the first two games against Sun but still could not hold it.
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- 00:23 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Great Comeback by PrannoyThe 32-year-old from Kerala, who had recovered from a bout of chikungunya to compete in his maiden Olympics, squandered the opening game but got his acts together in time to notch up a 16-21 21-11 21-12 over the world number 70 Le in a hard-fought battle.
- 23:42 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Prannoy in controlPrannoy has taken a considerable 15-9 lead against Duc Phat Le. The Indian is showing just why he is considered one of the best-ever badminton stars to emerge from the country. He is showing great ground coverage and his dealing with confidence.
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- 21:35 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024, Day 5 Live: Manika outManika Batra has been knocked out of the Round of 64 after a 4-1 loss. This has been a great journey for the 28-year-old as she became the first from the country to enter Olympics pre quarter-finals in table tennis. An error-prone Batra lost 6-11 9-11 11-9 14-12 8-11 6-11 in 47 minutes.
- 19:54 (IST)Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Alcaraz into quarters!Carlos Alcaraz gets it done in straight sets, but had to suffer against Roman Safiullin. 12 consecutive wins (10 singles, 2 doubles) for Alcaraz. Job not done for him yet as he set to team up with Rafael Nadal in the men's doubles quarters.