Paris Olympics Day 2 highlights: Manu Bhaker ends India's 12-year wait with historic bronze; Bopanna, Nagal bow out

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy is on match point with back-to-back points against Germany’s Fabian Roth. OUT! Roth fires wide again and the German perishes in the second game. India’s Prannoy outclasses Roth in straight games to win his first match of Group K. A memorable debut for the Indian shuttler in Paris.

Final score: India’s HS Prannoy upstages Fabian Roth of Germany 21-18, 21-12 in men's singles Group K match.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy is an overwhelming favourite from here! The ace shuttler is leading 17-12 in the second game. Forces another error from the German and the senior Indian badminton player is three points away from wrapping up the contest.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Even though Germany’s Fabian Roth is giving HS Prannoy a good fight, he is struggling to match the on-court brilliance of the Indian ace shuttler. Roth is under the pump now in the second game. He is behind Prannoy by four points. Roth scores the next one. A powerful smash follows next and Prannoy extends his lead. Prannoy with a touch of class! It’s a five-point (15-10) game now!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy’s healthy lead is cut shot by Germany’s Fabian Roth in the second game. Prannoy gets the next point to make it a two-point game for the German international. Prannoy wins the long rally and Roth is down on the floor. The Indian shuttler has the bragging rights over the German after the long rally. He gets the better Roth to restore his lead.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy is busy testing Germany’s Fabian Roth with his deft touches. Roth is trailing 3-6 against Prannoy. Another long rally follows and Prannoy gets the point. Prannoy leads Roth 7-3 in game 2.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy starts the second game like he did the first one. He scores the opening point against Germany’s Fabian Roth. However, the German has earned back-to-back points to restore parity in the second game. Prannoy gets the next point to put himself ahead of the German. Prannoy leads Roth 3-2 in game 2!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy takes the lead after another excellent rally. The ace shuttler has made a comeback and is now two points away from snatching the first game from Germany’s Fabian Roth. Brilliant response by Roth, the Indian shuttler had no chance - Roth is one point behind Prannoy! Match point for Prannoy - He is almost there! Game point at 20-18. Fabian with the error and Prannoy bags the first game (21-18) for India.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Fabian Roth is leading HS Prannoy by two points. Who will get to the match point first? Roth’s misfired shot gets Prannoy the chance to pull it back to 15-16 in the evenly-matched 1st round contest at the La Chapelle Arena Court 1. Another long rally and Prannoy prevails; folks, it’s even-steven!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: It’s all square now! There is no separating HS Prannoy and Fabian Roth in the first game. Roth takes the lead for the first time. Prannoy is only behind his German counterpart by a point. Prannoy hits the net after the longest rally of the first game! Roth has drawn a 2-point lead over the Indian shuttler.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy draws a two-point lead over Germany’s Fabian Roth. Prannoy’s next smash is wide. Roth gets a chance to bridge the gap. Superb from Prannoy! Fabian fails to counter this one - the two-point lead is still intact. Prannoy leading Roth 10-8 in the first game.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Fabian Roth making amends in the first game. Back-to-back points for the German and HS Prannoy’s lead is up in smokes. Another long rally follows as Prannoy makes a diving effort to save a point. An excellent point by the Indian shuttler. Roth fails to counter it and Prannoy goes 6-5 ahead of the German shuttler.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy opens his account with the first point of game 1 at the La Chapelle Arena Court 1. Prannoy calls it right after a long rally! He goes two points ahead of his German counterpart in the first game. Fabian Roth is yet to score a point.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: We are done with the warm-ups! HS Prannoy is taking on Fabian Roth in his first men’s singles Group K match at the La Chapelle Arena Court 1. Fabian is serving, let's play!

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen are leading India's charge in the singles competition. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are strong medal contenders in the men's doubles. Leading India in the women's singles event is two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto are medal contenders for India in women's doubles.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: HS Prannoy will face Fabian Roth in the Group K match. The 31-year-old is making his Olympic debut. Prannoy claimed his maiden title on the BWF World Tour last year.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Rafael Nadal claimed the first set by a 6-1 score. Nadal bagged a 3-0 lead after just 13 minutes before taking the first set by a 6-1 score. The King of Clay has not made clear whether the Paris Games will be the last of his storied career.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Rafael Nadal aka King of Clay is leading Márton Fucsovics in his ongoing singles 1st round clash at the Summer Games in Paris. The former World No. 1 has launched his gold medal bid in the tennis competition after expressing reservations about playing the singles event. Nadal is leading Fucsovics 4-1 in the first set.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Steven van de Velde made his return to the Olympics in Paris on Sunday. The Dutch beach volleyball player served time in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Velde is not allowed to speak to reporters at the Summer Games. Before his three-set loss to Italy, the Dutch player received a mixture of boos and applause when he was introduced at the event. He’s not here because he just wanted to rest his mind about it and just focus on the game,” said Matthew Immers, who is Velde's teammate at the Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: After India's top-seed Sumit Nagal bowed out of the singles competition, the focus is on former world no. 1 Rafael Nadal, who has made his return to the iconic Roland Garros. Nadal is facing Hungary's Marton Fucsovics in the first round. The King of Clay made a sensational doubles debut with Carlos Alcaraz on Saturday. Nadal's right thigh is heavily bandaged. We are almost through with the warm-ups! The record-time French Open winner has just received a rousing reception in Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Simone Biles finished at 59.566 and saluted the crowd after her dismount on uneven bars in the final event. Biles had returned with her left leg heavily taped after tweaking her calf during the warm-up. US coach Cecile Landi had described it as a minor calf issue. In the end, Biles finished well ahead of reigning Olympic champion and teammate Sunisa Lee in the final event.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Former World No.1 Rafael Nadal has decided to play singles at the Paris Olympics. Nadal's manager, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, has confirmed that Nadal will feature in the singles competition at the Summer Games. The King of Clay will meet Marton Fucsovics of Hungary in the first round. “Tomorrow, I don't know what's going to happen,” Nadal said Saturday. “I don't know if I'm going to play or not.”

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Indian table tennis ace Achanta Sharath Kamal was stunned by lower-ranked Deni Kozul of Slovenia in a round of 64 match. The 42-year-old recorded his fifth Olympic appearance in Paris. He won the first game against Kozul but losing the next three games paved the way for Kozul to draw a 3-1 lead over the Indian ace.

The Commonwealth Games champion made a comeback by making the scoreline read 2-3 in the next game. However, Kozul ended up outclassing Sharath as the lower-ranked player won the tie 4-2 to enter the next round. Kamal lost 12-10 9-11 6-11 7-11 11-8 10-12 to make an early exit. Kozul of Slovenia is ranked 86 places below Sharath.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: India's top singles player, Sumit Nagal, has lost his first-round clash of the Paris 2024 Olympics at Roland-Garros. France's Corentin Moutet defeated Nagal 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in two hours and 28 minutes to enter the round of 32 phase of the men's competition. Moutet is set to face Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff or Greek superstar Tsitsipas in the next round.

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: A convincing win for the Netherlands as archers Ankita, Deepika and Bhajan failed to fire for India in the quarter-finals of the women’s series. Indian archers only managed 48 in the final set. A total domination by the Dutch, who will be shooting for the medal in the semi-finals.

Final scores as Netherlands beat India in quarter-finals:

Netherlands -- 10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 7 -- 53 (6 points)

India - 4, 10, 8, 8, 10 -- 48 (0 point)

Paris Olympics 2024 Day 2 Live updates: Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari have lost the 2nd set at the hands of the Netherlands. India will have to avoid a straight-set defeat in the next round. The Netherlands archers fired 9, 10 and 9 to take the second set.

India vs Netherlands: Scores after 2nd set -

Netherlands -- 9, 9, 8, 9, 10, 9 - 54

India -- 10, 10, 8, 6, 9, 6 - 49