Rio Olympics 2016 Table Tennis India schedule: Dates, matches and timings in IST

The table tennis event will kick off in RioCentro Pavilion-3 tomorrow, and all the 4 Indian representatives will be in action on Saturday and Sunday. Manika Batra, Mouma Das, Achanta Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh all have tough opening matches. Here are the exact matches and timings:

Women’s singles:

No	Date	Match	Time (IST)	Round
1	August 6th	Mouma Das vs Daniela Monteiro	7:45 PM	Round 1
2	August 6th	Manika Batra vs Grzybowska Katarzyna	8:30 PM	Round 1
3	August 7th	Manika Batra vs Kim Song I	5:00 AM	Round 2*
4	August 7th	Mouma Das vs Li Qian	5:45 AM	Round 2*

Men’s singles:

No	Date	Match	Time (IST)	Round
1	August 7th	Soumyajit Ghosh vs Tanviriyavechakul Padasak	12:30 AM	Round 1
2	August 7th	Sharath Kamal vs Adrian Crisan	3:30 AM	Round 1
3	August 7th	Soumyajit Ghosh vs Gionis Panagiotis	6:30 PM	Round 2*
4	August 8th	Sharath Kamal vs Emmanuel Lebesson	12:00 AM	Round 2*

*The second round matches will only be played if they win their opening matches.

The Women paddlers will be kicking off the action for the Indian contingent on Saturday, with the Men following later in the day.

It is the first time that 4 Indian paddlers have made it to the Olympics and the Indian table tennis team will be hopeful of causing a few surprises in Rio 2016. Sharath Kamal who is playing his third Olympics, is the most experienced of the Indian paddlers.

Ghosh who is just 23 is one of the most talented paddlers in the world and he will be hoping to put up a good showing in Rio 2016 this time around. Manika Batra and Mouma Das are coming off the back of some strong and consistent performances, and they will need to be at their best to make an impact.

You can catch all the live updates of the matches in our website Sportskeeda.com, where we will be running the live blog for all of the above matches.