India at Tokyo Olympics: Schedule of Day 4, Manika Batra plays her round 3 match, Sumit Nagal set for historic clash against Medvedev

India at Tokyo Olympics: Schedule of Day 4, Manika Batra plays her round 3 match, Sumit Nagal set for historic clash against Medvedev

Manika Batra and Sumit Nagal

Following a not-so-joyful day for the Indian contingent, the athletes are all set for day four at the Tokyo 2020. Bhavani Devi (fencing) will kickstart the proceedings for her nation on July 26 with a round of 64 match against Tunisia’s Ben Azizi Nadi. 

The Indian athletes also have a chance to compete in two medal matches, one in the men’s team event of archery and the other in shooting’s men’s skeet event. Apart from this, Sumit Nagal (tennis) and Manika Batra (table tennis) are also set to play their respective historic Olympic clashes. 

Let’s look at the complete schedule of Indian athletes for day 4 at Tokyo 2020

ARCHERY

  • Men’s Team Round of 16
  • Atanu Das/Pravin Jadhav/Tarundeep Rai vs Ilfat Abdullin/Denis Gankin/Sanzhar Mussayev (Kazakhstan) | 6:00 AM IST

BADMINTON

  • Men’s Doubles Group Play Stage
  • Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) | 9:10 AM IST

BOXING

  • Men’s Middleweight Round of 32
  • Ashish Kumar vs Erbieke Tuoheta (China) | 3:06 PM IST

FENCING

  • Women’s Sabre Table of 64
  • Bhavani Devi vs Ben Azizi Nadi (Tunisia) | 5:30 AM IST

HOCKEY

  • Women’s Group Stage Match (Pool A)
  • India vs Germany | 5:45 PM IST

SAILING

  • Men’s Laser Race 3
  • Athlete: Vishnu Saravanan | 8:35 AM IST
  • Women’s Laser Radial Race 3
  • Athlete: Nethra Kumanan | 11:05 AM IST

SHOOTING

  • Men’s Skeet Qualification Day 2
  • Athletes: Angad Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan | 6:30 AM IST
  • Final – 12:20 PM IST (*Subject to Qualification)

SWIMMING

  • Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats
  • Athlete: Sajan Prakash | 3:46 PM IST

TABLE TENNIS

  • Men’s Singles Round 2
  • Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Tiago Apolonia (Portugal) | 6:30 AM IST
  • Women’s Singles Round 2
  • Sutirtha Mukherjee vs Fu Yu (Portugal) | 8:30 AM IST
  • Women’s Singles Round 3
  • Manika Batra vs Sofia Polcanova (Austria) | Not before 11:00 AM IST

TENNIS

  • Men’s Singles Second Round
  • Sumit Nagal vs Daniil Medvedev (Russia) | Not before 10:30 AM IST

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