The Table Tennis events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are scheduled to start from July 24, Saturday, kicking off with the preliminary round of the men's & women's singles event.
A total of 172 paddlers will compete at Tokyo 2020 across five events - men’s singles, men’s team, women’s singles, women’s team and the mixed doubles.
All the Table Tennis events at the Tokyo Olympics will take place in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
The Indian table tennis contingent has four players competing in three events. Veteran paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal will lead the charge, with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee also in the squad.
Sutirtha Mukherjee and G Sathiyan will compete only in the women's singles and men's singles events, respectively. As for Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, they will team up in the mixed doubles event in addition to their respective singles events.
Both Kamal and Batra represented India in the men's and women's singles events at Rio 2016, but neither advanced beyond the first round. They have since made tremendous strides, however.
Indian paddlers turned heads during the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where they clinched three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. It was followed by two bronze medals in the 2018 Asian Games as well.
There is optimism among Indian fans about the performance of their paddlers at the Summer Games.
Indian Table Tennis at Tokyo 2020: Schedule, fixtures and live India match times
India’s table tennis mixed doubles team of Manika Batra and Sharath Achanta Kamal will start their Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign on Saturday, July 24 at 8:30 AM IST.
Table Tennis at Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Schedule, fixtures and live India match times
All times are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
Saturday, July 24
Men's & Women's Singles Preliminary Round - 5:30 AM IST
Mixed Doubles Round of 16 - Achanta Kamal/ Manika Batra vs Lin Yun Ju/ Cheng I Ching - 8:30 AM IST
Women's Singles Round 1 - Manika Batra vs Ho Tin-Tin - 12:15 PM IST
Women's Singles Round 1 - Sutirtha Mukherjee vs Linda Bergstroem - 1:00 PM IST
Men's Singles Round 1 - 12:15 PM IST
Sunday, July 25
Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals - 6:30 AM IST
Men's and Women's Singles Round 2 - 10:30 AM IST
Mixed Doubles Semi-finals - 5:00 PM IST
Monday, July 26
Men's and Women's Singles Round 2 - 6:30 AM IST
Men's and Women's Singles Round 3 - 12:00 PM IST
Mixed Doubles Bronze medal match - 5:00 PM IST
Mixed Doubles Gold medal match - 5:30 PM IST
July 27, Tuesday
Men's and Women's Singles Round 3 - 6:00 AM IST
Men's and Women's Singles Round of 16 - 1:00 PM IST
July 28, Wednesday
Women's Singles Quarter-final - 6:30 AM IST
Men's Singles Quarter-final - 7:30 PM IST
July 29, Thursday
Women's Singles Semi-finals - 7:30 AM IST
Men's Singles Semi-finals - 11: 30 AM IST
Women's Singles Bronze medal match - 5:00 PM IST
Women's Singles Gold medal match - 6:00 PM IST
July 30, Friday
Men's Singles Bronze medal match - 5:00 PM IST
Men's Singles Gold medal match - 6:00 PM IST
August 1, Saturday
Men's & Women's Team Round of 16 - 5:30 AM IST
August 2, Monday
Men's & Women's Team Round of 16 - 5:30 AM IST
Men's & Women's Team Quarter-finals - 11:00 PM IST
August 3, Tuesday
Men's & Women's Team Quarter-finals - 5:30 AM IST
Women's Team Semi-final - 4:00 PM IST
August 4, Wednesday
Women's Team Semi-final - 5:30 AM IST
Men's Team Semi-final - 11:00 AM IST
August 5, Thursday
Women's Team Bronze medal match - 7:30 AM IST
Women's Team Gold medal match - 4:00 PM IST
August 6, Friday
Men's Team Bronze medal match - 7:30 AM IST
Where to watch Table tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics live in India?
Table Tennis at Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be telecast on Sony TEN 2, Sony Six and their corresponding HD TV channels in India. Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 3 HD, Sony TEN 4 and Sony TEN 4 HD will broadcast Tokyo 2020 in regional languages.
Live streaming of the Table Tennis events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be available on the SonyLIV app and website.
