Live streaming, World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualifiers: G Sathiyan-Manika Batra to vie for Paris 2024 quota - full schedule
Sathiyan and Manika, ranked 18th in the table tennis mixed doubles world rankings, are among the 26 teams at the meet in Havirov, Czechia. Watch live!
India’s Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra will look to obtain a Paris 2024 quota at the World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualification tournament from April 11 and 12 in Havirov, Czechia.
G Sathiyan and Manika Batra, ranked 18th in the latest ITTF mixed doubles world table tennis rankings, will be one of the 26 teams who will be vying for the four available quotas at the Czechia meet. A total of 16 teams will participate in the mixed doubles category at the Paris Olympics.
The format of the qualifiers is a unique one and will be conducted in two stages. For the first stage on April 11, the 26 competing teams will be divided into two knockout brackets based on their seedings.
The winners of both the knockout brackets will secure direct quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The Indian table tennis players are seeded eighth for the first round and have been drawn in the first knockout bracket and will start their campaign against Greece’s Stamatouros Georgios and Papadimitriou Malamatenia, the world No. 201 pair.
The remaining 24 pairs will compete again on April 12 for the remaining two slots. They will be seeded on the basis of the first day’s performance and then divided into two knockout brackets again.
The two bracket winners on the second day will obtain the remaining two Olympic quotas from the World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualifiers.
After enduring a difficult start to the season, Sathiyan and Manika have regained some form. They finished runners-up at the WTT Feeder II in Beirut, Lebanon recently and are coming into the mixed doubles table tennis qualifiers with momentum.
Paris 2024 will mark the first time that India will have representation in the team events at the Olympics. The Indian men, 15th in the world team rankings, and the Indian women, ranked 13th, secured Paris quotas based on their rankings.
The team quotas also give India access to two quotas each in the men’s and women’s singles events.
Both Sathiyan and Manika were part of the four-member table tennis contingent that India had sent to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics which also included Sharath Kamal and Sutirtha Mukherjee.
Where to watch World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualifiers for Paris 2024 live in India
Live streaming of the World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualifiers 2024 will be available on Olympics.com in India. The event will not be telecast live on any TV channels in India.
World Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Olympic Qualifiers for Paris 2024 schedule
April 11, Thursday
- Round of 16 and quarter-finals - 1:15 PM IST onwards
- Semi-finals and final - 7:15 PM IST onwards
April 12, Friday
- Round of 16 and quarter-finals - 1:15 PM IST onwards
- Semi-finals and final - 7:15 PM IST onwards