Paris Olympics Day 2 Highlights: Manu Bhaker steals day with historic Bronze; Nagal, Harmeet knocked out

Harmeet Desai suffers a big 0-4 defeat against the world no.4 Felix Lebrun of France in the men's round of 16 match. 

India's Day 2 events end with Harmeet Desai's elimination but it was successful one for the fans who witnessed Manu Bhaker winning a historic bronze in the women's 10m air pistol event.

Harmeet is facing France's Felix in his RO64 match. Felix has won the opening game and is leading in the second one too 9-6

We are little away from Harmeet Desai's match against Frenchman Felix Lebrun.

Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji will begin their campaign at the Paris Olympics in the first-round men's doubles match against Monfils/Roger-Vasselin of  France at 11:30 pm tonight. 

New Zealand equalized with a penalty corner but Belgium have regained the lead with another strike in Quarter 3. They lead 2-1 ahead of the last quarter.

Rafael Nadal registered an impressive 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Marton Fucsovics in his first round match of men's singles.

Rafael Nadal to face rival Novak Djokovic in the second round match. The legendary duo will be facing each other after 2 years.

Prannoy makes winning start to his campaign. He defeats Roth Fabian in straight games. 

HS Prannoy went through rollercoaster but eventually won the first set 21-18 against Germany's Fabian Roth.

From being behind, Fabian Roth got a 3-point lead on India's HS Prannoy before the latter came back again. From being 11-14 behind Roth, he made it 16-16.

HS Prannoy started well with the court play and smashes taking an early lead in the first game against Germany's Fabian Roth.

India's top-ranked singles badminton player HS Prannoy will kick off his campaign at the Paris Olympics next.

Prannoy to face Germany's Fabian Roth in a men's singles group stage match.

Match to begin at 8:00 pm IST.

Rafael Nadal displays his dominance on clay and wins the first set by 6-1 against Marton Fucsovics. 

The two-time Olympic medalist and 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal begins his men's singles campaign against Marton Fucsovics in the first round. 

Nadal will be facing Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round if he wins today's match. 

Rohan Bopanna and Sriram Balaji will kick off their campaign against Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Gael Monfils of France in the men's doubles first-round today.

The match will begin at 11:30 pm IST and will be played on court no.7. 

Sumit Nagal, India's only hope in men's singles, has been knocked out in the first round.

Nagal loses to France's Corentin Moutet 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round. 

India go down to Netherlands in the Quarterfinal. Not the best from them. Netherlands take the set 53-48 and they win in straight sets 6-0.

India go down in the second set too. They were leading 28-25 after first three arrows but lose the set 54-49. Now it is must win for India in the next two sets. Then also it will go in shootout. Not even a set tie would be enough. 

The second set is underway, India need to win this to avoid a must-win situation. 

In case you don't know, the women's archery event, three archers are there. There are a total of four sets. Each set has six shots each. For winning each set, you get 2 points. A team need to collect 5 points to win the match.

Netherlands have won this opening set. 52 points for the Dutch in the six-shot set. India got 51 and conceded the opening set.

India to go first in this quarterfinal. Ankita Bhakat gets 7, Bhajan 10 and then Deepika 7

India's Women's Archery team is set to be in action now. India's Deepika Kumari, Bhajan Kaur and Ankita Bhakat to face Netherlands archers in the quarterfinals.

Manika has won her opening match in RO64

Manika Batra is leading her Great Britain's opponent in her first round. She has won the first two games and gunning for another win here.

A bit of a shock. The Indian veteran Sharath Kamal has been defeated in the RO64. Deni Kozul gets the better of the Indian as he wins 4-2 in six games.

Arjun Babuta has reached in the final of the 10m air rifle. He finished 7th with a 630.1 score. The other shooter, Sandeep Singh misses out and finished 12th

Nikhat was trailing but she won this bout unanimously 5-0. 

Nikhat Zareen is trailing 2-3 in her opening bout against Carina Maxi Kloetzer. This was at the end of 2nd round.

Say it on repeat, Manu is an Olympic medallist

Manu has created history (herstory). She is the first Indian women to win a medal in shooting at the Olympic Games. What a glorious achievement for her.

Manu has done extremely well on this shot. 10.1 on this on and then a a 10.3. She had a hand on the Silver but the Korean shooter got 0.1 score over Manu to take the Silver. It's Bronze for Manu Bhaker

Medal confirmed for Manu Bhaker! She is in the Bronze medal position and has assured the country's first-ever medal in women's shooting.

Only 4 shooters are left now. Manu is in 3rd. Can she hold on?

Manu is in 3rd place, 0.7 clear of the fourth-placed shooter and 0.6 behind the second-placed

Veronika Major, the top-placed shooter of the qualification is the first to be knocked out! Manu Bhaker still in 2nd place

And that's the end of second series. Manu has slipped a place to third with 100.3 score

At the end of the first stage, Manu is in second place. Her score is 50.4

And Manu Bhaker's event is live. She is in the final of the 10m air pistol and is looking for a medal in the 8-shooter field.

Arjun Babuta stays in the top eight. He is shooting at an average of 10.538. Sandeep is outside 25 and it is a long way for him now to reach in the top 8.

End of the first series

Arjun is in the top eight while Sandeep has got off to a horrid beginning.

Sreeja brushed past her Swedish opponent 11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

Sreeja Akula beats Christina Kallberg of Sweden to advance to the next round. She takes the fourth game 11-8 and wins it 4-0.

Sreeja is inches away from sweeping her opponent in straight games.

Arjun Babuta and Sandeep Singh are competing in the men's 10m air rifle qualification round.

Sheer dominance on display from Sreeja Akula. She takes the third game 11-7. She is leading 3-0. Needs to win one more game.

Sreeja's brilliant run continues as she takes the second game 11-9. She is leading 2-0 (7).

Sreeja is leading the second game 8-4

Sreeja takes the first game 11-4. Remember, it's a best of seven.

Sreeja has raced to an 8-1 lead

Sreeja Akula is up against Christina Kallberg of Sweden. Sreeja is the favourite to win this contest as she is seeded 6th for Paris whereas her opponent is world No. 58.

Three Indian table tennis players are in action today - Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra.

Ramita Jindal has become the first female to advance to the final round of a rifle event since Suma Shirur. Shirur had done it at the Athens Olympics in 2004.

Elavenil Valarivan failed to keep her momentum and slipped away at the last moment whereas Ramita Jindal came back from behind and secured her participation in the final round. Ramita will be in action tomorrow (Monday).

Ramita aces the qualification round and advances to the final round

Elavenil Valarivan fails to qualify for the medal round.

Elavenil is holding onto the eighth spot after the end of the fifth series.

Ramita Jindal has slipped to the 10th spot at the start of the fifth series.

End of fourth series
 

Ramita Jindal maintains her seventh spot with a score of 105.3.

Ramita Jindal has moved up to the seventh spot.

India's Balraj Panwar advances to the quarterfinals. He clocked 7:12.41s to finish second in the repechage round.

Elavenil finishes the third series and is currently occupying the fourth position.

PV Sindhu beats Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq 21-9, 21-6.

Second series done

Elavenil is occupying the second spot whereas Ramita is also in the top eight

Sindhu goes with an eight-point (11-3) lead in the second game's mid-interval

Elavenil and Ramita are displaying fine form. Elavenil is 3rd whereas Ramita has climbed to the 8th spot.

PV Sindhu takes the first game 21-9

Elavenil Valarivan is fourth with a score of 105.8 at the end of the first series.

Ramita Jindal is 22nd after the end of her first series.

PV Sindhu has gained a seven-point lead (11-4) in the mid-game interval

PV Sindhu 4-4 Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq

Ramita is slipping away. She is unable to maintain consistency and is currently 24th.

Elavenil is currently third with shots of 10.6 and 10.7

Sindhu is on the court against Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq.

Ramita and Elavenil have entered the shooting range and are ready to kick-start proceedings.

India's Ramita Jindal and Elavenil Valarivan will be in action shortly in the women's 10m air rifle qualification round

Nikhat Zareen is making her Olympics debut today in Paris.

World champion Nikhat Zareen will begin her quest for gold in Paris today. She will be up against Maxi Carina Kloetzer of Germany in the opening round.

PV Sindhu will begin her Paris Olympics campaign today with her group-stage fixture against Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq of Maldives.

Manu Bhaker has the opportunity to etch her name in history books. She will be competing for gold in the women's 10m air pistol category at 3:30 PM (IST).

Balraj Panwar finished fourth in the men's singles sculls heat. He will compete in the repechage round today.

Harmeet Desai beat Jordan's Zaid Yaman in the preliminary round.

Preeti Pawar defeated Vo Thi Kim Anh of Vietnam in the women's 54kg round-of-32 fixture

India scraped past New Zealand in a Men's Pool B match 3-2 to claim the second spot on the points table. They are only behind Belgium on the ladder.

• Lakshya Sen defeated Guatemala's Kevin Cordon 21-8, 22-20
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar of France 21-17, 21-14
• Ashwini Ponappa and Tanisha Crasto lost to Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong of South Korea 18-21, 10-21

India's day began with a tone of disappointment as none of the shooters managed to secure qualification in the medal rounds of the 10m air rifle mixed team event and the 10m air pistol men's event.

However, Manu showcased aplomb to secure medal round qualification with her total score of 580.

Welcome to our live coverage of the Paris Olympics. We are all in readiness for the second day of the Games. Today's centre of attraction will be Manu Bhaker, who is eyeing a medal in the women's 10 m air pistol category. In addition to that, the female archers will also compete in the quarters of their event. Stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest and instant updates.