Tennis star Sania Mirza arrived at the Games Village of the Rio Olympics as did the table tennis squad, while the Indian hockey team won its practice match against Spain.
Sania was the first tennis player to arrive at the village.
Playing in her third Olympics, she came from Montreal after participating in the Rogers Cup, where she and Martina Hingis were beaten by the American pair of Christina Mchale and Asia Muhammad in the quarter-finals.
At the Games, she will partner Prarthana Thombare in the women’s doubles and Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles.
The women’s doubles begins on August 6 and mixed doubles on August 10.
On Sunday, the table tennis quartet of Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Mouma Das and Manika Batra checked into the Village.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sharath is playing his third Olympics, while Soumyajit is in his second.
Mouma Das played at the 2004 Games in Athens, where Sharath made his maiden appearance.
Manika Batra is at the Olympics for the first time.
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