Paris: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen delivered a strong performance in his Paris Olympics debut, defeating Guatemala's Kevin Cordon in straight games. Sen, 22, clinched the victory with scores of 21-8 and 22-20 in a 42-minute match. The win marks a solid start for Sen, a gold medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medalist at the 2021 World Championships. Despite a strong comeback attempt by Cordon in the second game, Sen maintained his composure. He will next face Belgium's Julien Carraggi on Monday in his second group match.

Harmeet Desai advances in men's singles TT

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Appearing in his maiden Olympics, seasoned Indian paddler Harmeet Desai progressed to the second round of the men's singles table tennis competition with a convincing 4-0 victory over Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman at Paris Games here on Saturday.

Harmeet won 11-7 11-9 11-5 11-5 to get his campaign underway on a positive note.

Desai had no trouble in getting the better of his opponent, ranked 538 in the world, in the one-sided preliminary round match that lasted exactly 30 minutes.

The 31-year-old from Surat, who was part of the side that clinched the team gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 and 2022, quickly settled into a nice rhythm and, on most occasions, came out on top in the long rallies against his Jordanian opponents.