UTT 2023: Sharath Kamal-led Chennai Lions beats Goa Challengers 11-4 in battle of table toppers
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: Sharath Kamal-led Chennai Lions beats Goa Challengers 11-4 in battle of table toppers

The Hindu  

A. Sharath Kamal, the old warhorse, was in his element as Chennai Lions displaced Goa Challengers from the top position in style with a lopsided win in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four on Saturday. Riding on Sharath’s clean sheet and his Australian teammate Yangzi Liu’s support act, the lions raced to a huge 11-4 win, the largest victory margin of the season, in the battle of table-toppers at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. The victory also meant the Lions had one foot in the knockouts, having opened up a healthy lead in the first of the three ties of the penultimate round of the league stage. When Sharath and Yangzi took to the table for the mixed doubles, the two teams were locked at three points apiece.

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Diya Chitale, Manush Shah crowned champions at UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships 2024
1 week, 5 days ago

Diya Chitale, Manush Shah crowned champions at UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships 2024

The Hindu  

Manush Shah denied Ankur Bhattacharjee a double and won his maiden senior title in the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Jimmy George indoor stadium here on Thursday. Manush Shah with the gold medal, his first at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament. The sixth set was closely fought with Ankur fighting back to equalise the scores …

Tennis Premier League 2024: Hyderabad Strikers beats Yash Mumbai Eagles to lift title
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Tennis Premier League 2024: Hyderabad Strikers beats Yash Mumbai Eagles to lift title

The Hindu  

Harriet Dart and Vishnu Vardhan combined brilliantly in mixed doubles to make a decisive pathway to the title for Hyderabad Strikers against Yash Mumbai Eagles in the final of the sixth edition of Tennis Premier League at the CCI in Mumbai on Sunday. In front of the packed gathering, and with the scores even after the first two singles matches, …

Goa Challengers defends UTT title in style
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Goa Challengers defends UTT title in style

The Hindu  

Irrespective of the result of the Ultimate Table Tennis’s season five final on Saturday night, history was anyway in the making. Despite a boisterous crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium supporting Dabang Delhi TTC – the adopted local team with G. Sathiyan at its helm – Goa Challengers defended its title in style. Despite stunning Bernadette Szocs 3-0 to …

UTT: Goa proves a smashing success against Bengaluru, earns a shot at history
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UTT: Goa proves a smashing success against Bengaluru, earns a shot at history

The Hindu  

No team has been able to win two consecutive editions of the Ultimate Table Tennis league. Come Saturday, Goa Challengers will get an opportunity to create history after it stunned table-topper Bengaluru Smashers in the first semifinal on Thursday. That worked wonders for the Goa team as Mihai Bobocica turned the tables on Spanish southpaw Alvaro Robles, who was the …

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: Sharath roars for Lions to make a case for knockouts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: Sharath roars for Lions to make a case for knockouts

The Hindu  

Inspired by its veteran captain A. Sharath Kamal, Chennai Lions roared in its last league match and made a strong case for a semifinal place against all odds by crushing Puneri Paltans Table Tennis with a record victory margin of 12-3 in the Ultimate Table Tennis’ penultimate league clash on Tuesday night. However, Sakura Mori’s first defeat of the season …

Chennai
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai

The Hindu  

It was the marquee clash of the Ultimate Table Tennis’ fifth edition so far. Despite a sizeable turnout trying to encourage the struggling Chennai Lions, Goa Challengers repeated the last year’s final heroics. Earlier in the evening, Bengaluru Smashers came back in the last two singles with a bang to seal a knockouts berth with its fourth victory in as …

UTT 2024: Sharath Kamal falters as U Mumbai pips Chennai Lions; Dabang Delhi registers facile win over Puneri Paltan TT
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UTT 2024: Sharath Kamal falters as U Mumbai pips Chennai Lions; Dabang Delhi registers facile win over Puneri Paltan TT

The Hindu  

With the sun probably starting to set on the glittering career of India’s table tennis talisman Achanta Sharath Kamal, fans at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium were on Friday reminded that it may not be long until Indian table tennis sees the dawn of a new day, ushered in by the likes of a promising 24-year-old Manav Thakkar. Super Mouma almost …

UTT 2024: Lions seeking top service
4 months ago

UTT 2024: Lions seeking top service

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chennai Lions will look to make use of their home advantage and reclaim the title they last won in 2019 in the Ultimate Table Tennis being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here. The 2024 edition will see the addition of two new franchises — Ahmedabad SG Pipers and Jaipur Patriots — making the competition an eight-team one. …

Singapore Smash: Sharath Kamal breaks new ground, takes down No. 22 Assar
9 months, 1 week ago

Singapore Smash: Sharath Kamal breaks new ground, takes down No. 22 Assar

Hindustan Times  

After his stunning Round of 32 victory over world No. 13 Darko Jorgic on Wednesday, Sharath Kamal said he was happy to be able to "keep up with some of the best players in the world" this week. Sharath backed up his show against Jorgic by taking down the 22nd-ranked Egyptian 3-0 in the Round of 16 to storm into …

WPL 2024: Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry fifties carry RCB to 23-run win over UPW
9 months, 2 weeks ago

WPL 2024: Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry fifties carry RCB to 23-run win over UPW

Firstpost  

Smriti Mandhana and Ellyse Perry set the foundation for RCB’s win as they added 95 runs, posting a formidable 198/3 Smriti Mandhana of the Royal Challengers Bangalore is the leading run-scorer in WPL 2024 with 219 runs after five matches. Image: Sportzpics Engaging fifties by skipper Smriti Mandhana and star all-rounder Ellyse Perry formed the foundation of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s …

Bengal Wizards soars to the top in the Tennis Premier League
1 year ago

Bengal Wizards soars to the top in the Tennis Premier League

The Hindu  

Anirudh Chandrasekar and Maria Timofeeva made the difference as they powered Bengal Wizards to a 47-33 victory over Pune Jaguars in the fifth edition of the Tennis Premier League at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Thursday. Timofeeva had earlier given a strong start for Bengal by beating Marcinkevica 13-7 in the opening rubber, and Sriram stayed close to …

Tennis Premier League: Novak-Nedunchezhiyan duo shine to guide Binny Brigade to win against Pune Jaguars
1 year ago

Tennis Premier League: Novak-Nedunchezhiyan duo shine to guide Binny Brigade to win against Pune Jaguars

The Hindu  

Dennis Novak played his part well, especially in combination with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, to help Delhi Binny’s Brigade to a 42-38 victory over Pune Jaguars in the fifth edition of the Tennis Premier League on the charcoal grey hard courts of the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Tuesday. Diana Marcinkevica had done well for Pune to win the singles 12-8 against …

Manav Thakkar wins UTT National Ranking after winning seven-game thriller against veteran Sharath Kamal
1 year, 2 months ago

Manav Thakkar wins UTT National Ranking after winning seven-game thriller against veteran Sharath Kamal

The Hindu  

Manav Thakkar wore down veteran Sharath Kamal in a gripping men’s singles final at the UTT National Ranking Championships here on Tuesday. Diya Chitale defeated her RBI colleague and national champion Sreeja Akula 4-1 to win the women’s singles crown. The women’s final did not raise any din as Diya Chitale defeated RBI colleague and national champion Sreeja Akula 4-1. …

How Goa turned the tables on defending champion Chennai to lift maiden UTT title
1 year, 4 months ago

How Goa turned the tables on defending champion Chennai to lift maiden UTT title

The Hindu  

Soon after the Goa Challengers assembled at the hotel for the Ultimate Table Tennis season four, it was handed over two different team kits. Cometh Sunday - facing defending champion Chennai Lions in the big final in front of the largest turnout of the season - Goa Challengers donned the other jersey. The change of colours worked a great deal …

Ultimate Table Tennis: Goa Challengers pip Chennai Lions 8-7 to win fourth season
1 year, 4 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis: Goa Challengers pip Chennai Lions 8-7 to win fourth season

Firstpost  

Goa Challengers proved themselves to be the better side in the final, to lift their first Ultimate Table Tennis title. Fortunes swung from one side to another as Alvaro Robles, Harmeet Desai and Reeth Tennison propelled Goa Challengers to a title win in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four with an 8-7 victory, in an intense final against the defending …

UTT 2023: Robles, Reeth clinch title for Goa Challengers
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Robles, Reeth clinch title for Goa Challengers

The Hindu  

No team had been able to defend its Ultimate Table Tennis title in the first seasons. The trend continued on Sunday as Goa Challengers hung on in a cliffhanger of a final against Chennai Lions for its maiden UTT triumph. Alvaro Robles’ clean sweep against legendary A. Sharath Kamal put the Goa outfit on the cusp of victory in front …

UTT 2023: Chennai Lions breezes past Puneri Paltan to set up final against Goa Challengers
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Chennai Lions breezes past Puneri Paltan to set up final against Goa Challengers

The Hindu  

Puneri Paltan TT, having scraped through to the semifinals, enjoyed the home support. Riding on an all-round show, A. Sharath Kamal’s army made short work of Puneri Paltan to win the semifinal 8-3 with four games remaining and set up an enticing final versus Goa Challengers. While Manush Shah and Hana ensured the tie was stretched into the fourth rubber, …

UTT 2023: Goa Challengers topples Dabang Delhi to enter final
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Goa Challengers topples Dabang Delhi to enter final

The Hindu  

Goa Challengers maintained its supremacy over table-topper Dabang Delhi TTC in a nail-biting semifinal to book a place in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four final on Friday. Riding on an all-round effort, Goa - trailing 6-4 at one stage - rode high on Alvaro Robles and T. Reeth Rishya’s superlative efforts to edge past the G. Sathiyan-led Delhi outfit …

UTT day 14: Sathiyan stars in Dabang Delhi’s win over Chennai Lions
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT day 14: Sathiyan stars in Dabang Delhi’s win over Chennai Lions

The Hindu  

Gnanasekaran Sathiyan’s heroics were instrumental in helping Dabang Delhi TTC to end its Ultimate Table Tennis league stage with a double delight. Riding on Sathiyan’s high-class performance, with a 3-0 wipe-out of his Chennai and India senior pro A. Sharath Kamal, Dabang Delhi had pocketed the tie with the last of the 15 games remaining. However, the last game - …

UTT 2023: Manika, Jeet sizzle as Bengaluru Smashers secure vital win over Goa Challengers
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Manika, Jeet sizzle as Bengaluru Smashers secure vital win over Goa Challengers

The Hindu  

Seldom do the winning and the losing outfit in a sporting contest end up with smiles on their face. Bengaluru Smashers overcame Goa Challengers 9-6 in both the teams’ last league game. While Smashers’ win means it has to rely on the outcome of the last league clash between U Mumba TT and Puneri Paltan TT to qualify for the …

UTT 2023: Bengaluru Smashers stuns defending champion Chennai Lions
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: Bengaluru Smashers stuns defending champion Chennai Lions

The Hindu  

It was the first-ever South Indian Derby in the Ultimate Table Tennis, that too with a touch of local flavour. And the home support for the Bengaluru Smashers, with Pune-based owners, helped the UTT debutant stun defending champion Chennai Lions to register its maiden victory in the tournament. With captain Manika Batra and seasoned Kirill Gerassimenko playing the star act, …

UTT 2023: Harmet Desai-inspired Goa Challengers ends U Mumba’s unbeaten run
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: Harmet Desai-inspired Goa Challengers ends U Mumba’s unbeaten run

The Hindu  

Harmeet Desai celebrated his 30th birthday in style. And T. Reeth Rishya ensured that Harmeet’s heroics didn’t go to waste as Goa Challengers ended U Mumba TT’s unbeaten run in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four. But in the end, the solitary games that Alvaro Robles and Reeth won in their respective singles ties turned out to be decisive as …

WATCH | UTT highlights: Quadri, Lily star as U Mumba beats Chennai Lions
1 year, 5 months ago

WATCH | UTT highlights: Quadri, Lily star as U Mumba beats Chennai Lions

The Hindu  

A Mumbai versus Chennai affair in a franchise-based league going down the wire is nothing new for a sports fan. Aruna Quadri and Lily Zhang - the two highest-ranked paddlers competing in UTT 2023 in men’s and women’s, respectively - put U Mumba TT in charge by opening up a 5-0 lead. Benedikt Duda, the Olympic medal winner from Germany, …

UTT 2023: U Mumba beats Chennai Lions in thriller
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: U Mumba beats Chennai Lions in thriller

The Hindu  

A Mumbai versus Chennai affair in a franchise-based league going down the wire is nothing new for a sports fan. Aruna Quadri and Lily Zhang - the two highest-ranked paddlers competing in UTT 2023 in men’s and women’s, respectively - put U Mumba TT in charge by opening up a 5-0 lead. Benedikt Duda, the Olympic medal winner from Germany, …

WATCH | UTT highlights: Chennai Lions beats Puneri Paltan in season opener
1 year, 5 months ago

WATCH | UTT highlights: Chennai Lions beats Puneri Paltan in season opener

The Hindu  

The Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 began with some exhilarating action as defending champion Chennai Lions began its title defense with a commanding victory against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis here at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune on Thursday. Chennai Lions played brilliantly from the start of the tie and defeated Puneri Paltan Table Tennis by 10-5 team …

UTT 2023: U Mumba thrashes Bengaluru Smashers with a stunning comeback
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: U Mumba thrashes Bengaluru Smashers with a stunning comeback

The Hindu  

Pune U Mumba TT staged a stunning comeback to make a winning start in Ultimate Table Tennis 2023 as it beat Bengaluru Smashers 10-5 in a tie that went down to the wire at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune on Friday. WATCH | UTT highlights: U Mumba TT comes back to beat Bengaluru Smashers Manika Batra played …

Ultimate Table Tennis 2023: Defending champion Chennai Lions starts with thumping win over Puneri Paltans
1 year, 5 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2023: Defending champion Chennai Lions starts with thumping win over Puneri Paltans

The Hindu  

The Ultimate Table Tennis may have returned after almost four years but Chennai Lions literally continued from where it had left in 2019. Riding on veteran A. Sharath Kamal and star female paddler Yangzi Liu, the Lions pocketed four of the five matches in the opening tie at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Thursday night. WATCH | UTT …

Ultimate Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal leads charge as Chennai Lions takes on Puneri Paltan TT
1 year, 5 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal leads charge as Chennai Lions takes on Puneri Paltan TT

The Hindu  

He has been the poster boy for Indian table tennis for almost two decades. It will be fitting that a day after turning 41, A. Sharath Kamal will lead the charge for Chennai Lions’ defence against Puneri Paltan TT on Thursday in the Ultimate Table Tennis opener, the franchise-based table tennis league that returns after a three-year hiatus. RELATED | …

TNPL 2023: Shahrukh Khan powers Kovai to emphatic win over Madurai
1 year, 5 months ago

TNPL 2023: Shahrukh Khan powers Kovai to emphatic win over Madurai

The Hindu  

Powered by opener J. Suresh Kumar and skipper M. Shahrukh Khan, Lyca Kovai Kings got to 208 for five and defeated Siechem Madurai Panthers by 44 runs in the seventh season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League at the India Cement Company ground here on Sunday. Suresh hit four sixes - an upper-cut over deep point off medium-pacer Ajay Krishna, …

WTT Star Contender Goa: Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty enter round two of qualifiers
1 year, 9 months ago

WTT Star Contender Goa: Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty enter round two of qualifiers

Firstpost  

Harmeet, ranked 141 in the world, staved off a tough challenge from Englishman Tom Jarvis, while Shetty won his first round match quite comfortably against countryman Yashansh Malik. Also moving into the main draw was the Japanese pair of Mizuki Oikawa and Miyu Nagasaki who defeated India’s Ronit Bhanja and Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-0 in round two of qualifying. In the …

Chennai Open Challenger: Arjun Kadhe-Jay Clarke win doubles title
1 year, 10 months ago

Chennai Open Challenger: Arjun Kadhe-Jay Clarke win doubles title

The Hindu  

Arjun Kadhe and Jay Clarke defeated Sebastian Ofner and Nino Serdarusic 6-0, 6-4 to clinch the doubles title at the Chennai Open Challenger on Saturday. Serdarusic saved one but Clarke’ forehand winner got the game and a 4-0 lead. Kadhe dug behind the baseline to answer overhead volleys before Clarke stuck a racquet in the path of Ofner’s return to …

Chennai Open Challenger: Sumit Nagal Enters Semis With Win Over Jay Clarke
1 year, 10 months ago

Chennai Open Challenger: Sumit Nagal Enters Semis With Win Over Jay Clarke

News 18  

India’s Sumit Nagal continued his good run in the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament, beating Jay Clarke of Great Britain 6-1 6-4 on Friday to enter the singles semifinal. Alboran, who ousted top seed Chun-Hsin Tseng in the second round, got the better of Japan’s Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 25 minutes. Meanwhile, Max Purcell beat the …

Chennai Open Challenger 2023: Kadhe-Clarke reach final, Jeevan-Balaji knocked out
1 year, 10 months ago

Chennai Open Challenger 2023: Kadhe-Clarke reach final, Jeevan-Balaji knocked out

The Hindu  

India’s Arjun Kadhe, along with Jay Clarke, sealed a berth in the doubles finals at the Chennai Open Challenger on Friday with a 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 victory against the Czech Republic pairing of Petr Nouza and Andrew Paulson. Earlier in the set, the top seeds were within a point of pulling ahead, in the fifth and ninth games of the …

Chennai Open Challenger 2023: Sasikumar, Nagal qualify for main draw
1 year, 10 months ago

Chennai Open Challenger 2023: Sasikumar, Nagal qualify for main draw

The Hindu  

Mukund Sasikumar completed a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory against first-seed Jason Jung to make place in the main draw of the Chennai Open 2023 on Monday. With the set progressing at serve till 4-3, Jung erred in two straightforward forehand shots to hand Sasikumar a double break point. In the first set, Sasikumar forced Jung right down to the …

Tennis Premier League: Sidharth Rawat helps Bangalore Spartans edge over Hyderabad Strikers
2 years ago

Tennis Premier League: Sidharth Rawat helps Bangalore Spartans edge over Hyderabad Strikers

The Hindu  

Sidharth Rawat continued to assert his compact game as he guided Bangalore Spartans to a 41-39 victory over Hyderabad Strikers in the Tennis Premier League at the Balewadi Stadium on Thursday. Sidharth Rawat beat Niki Poonacha 12-8 to get Bangalore back in the contest after Karman Thandi had lost 6-14 to Conny Perrin. Host Pune Jaguars scored a 45-35 victory …

ITTF Rankings: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Slips One Place to 38; Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra Retain Positions
2 years, 2 months ago

ITTF Rankings: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Slips One Place to 38; Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra Retain Positions

News 18  

India’s Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Sathiyan Gnanasekaran slipped one place down to 38th even as compatriot Achanta Sharath Kamal in men’s singles and Manika Batra in women’s singles retained their rankings in the latest ITTF Table Tennis Rankings. In women’s singles, Manika Batra remained the best-ranked Indian at 44 with 575 points while Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath were …

Vishnu Vardhan advances to semis of Fenesta national tennis championships
2 years, 2 months ago

Vishnu Vardhan advances to semis of Fenesta national tennis championships

The Hindu  

Former champion Vishnu Vardhan was at his fighting best as he beat another former champion Siddharth Vishwakarma 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 in the men’s quarterfinals of the Fenesta National tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Friday. In the semifinals, Vishnu will play second seed and the runner-up of the last edition Digvijay Pratap Singh who was at ease in getting …

Legends Tennis League: VM Ranjeet, Jagdish Tanwar guide Tennis Titans to semifinals
2 years, 2 months ago

Legends Tennis League: VM Ranjeet, Jagdish Tanwar guide Tennis Titans to semifinals

The Hindu  

VM Ranjeet and Jagdish Tanwar played their part well in pulling Tennis Titans into the semifinals of the Legends Tennis League at the DLTA Complex here on Sunday. By scoring a thumping 154-111 victory over Bangalore Challengers, Tennis Titans were able to qualify for the knock-out on better point difference as the fourth team, after having lost its first two …

36th National Games, Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal Retires With Back Injury; G Sathiyan, Manika Batra, Harmeet Desai Through to Semis
2 years, 3 months ago

36th National Games, Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal Retires With Back Injury; G Sathiyan, Manika Batra, Harmeet Desai Through to Semis

News 18  

Top seed G Sathiyan was the highest ranked player standing between Gujarat’s hopes of bagging the top two spots in men’s singles after second seed A Sharath Kamal had to retire from his quarterfinal clash due to back pain. Though Thakkar kept pace with the top seeds’ style of play, he wasn’t able to crack his defence when it mattered …

36th National Games, Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra Move Into Quarters
2 years, 3 months ago

36th National Games, Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra Move Into Quarters

News 18  

Top Indian paddlers Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra moved to the quarterfinals of their respective singles events with contrasting wins at the National Games on Friday. While Sharath defeated Jeet Chandra of West Bengal 7-11, 11-6, 8-11,11-7, 11-6, 11-6, Sathiyan also eked out a 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 win over West Bengal’s Ronit Bhanja. Olympian Sutirtha …

National Games 2022: Third seed Sanil Shetty Survives Scare to Advance to Third Round
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022: Third seed Sanil Shetty Survives Scare to Advance to Third Round

News 18  

Former national champion and third seed Sanil Shetty survived a scare even as men’s singles stars including top seed G Sathiyan and second seed A Sharath Kamal registered easy victories to advance to the third round of the table tennis competition in the 36th National Games. The individual competition at the PDDU Indoor Stadium took off with local mixed doubles …

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Suhana Saini produces upset win in women’s singles, Sanil Shetty survives scare in men’s singles
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Suhana Saini produces upset win in women’s singles, Sanil Shetty survives scare in men’s singles

The Hindu  

SURAT: Sixteen-year-old Suhana Saini of Haryana, one of the most promising young paddlers, produced the lone upset in the women’s singles second round table tennis match of the 36th National Games here on Thursday. Maharashtra’s Sanil Shetty, the third seed, was pushed to the brink before he overcame Divyansh Srivastav 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9. Haryana’s Soumyajit Ghosh, …

National Games 2022: Gujarat men, West Bengal women bag gold in table-tennis
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022: Gujarat men, West Bengal women bag gold in table-tennis

The Hindu  

Having finished with a silver in the previous edition of the Kerala National Games in 2015, Gujarat and West Bengal did one better by winning the gold in the table tennis event of the Games here on Wednesday. Earlier, West Bengal’s experience came to the fore as its women’s team won the gold, defeating a youthful Maharashtra 3-1 in the …

36th National Games, Table Tennis: Gujarat Men to Play Delhi, Maharashtra Women Face West Bengal for Team Gold
2 years, 3 months ago

36th National Games, Table Tennis: Gujarat Men to Play Delhi, Maharashtra Women Face West Bengal for Team Gold

News 18  

Favourites Gujarat registered an easy 3-0 victory over West Bengal, while Delhi upset second-seeded Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals of the men’s table tennis team competition at the 36th National Games on Wednesday. While Gujarat will play Delhi for the men’s team gold, defending champions Maharashtra will take on West Bengal in the women’s final. His attacking play was too …

World Table Tennis Championships: Sathiyan, Batra to lead India's charge as Sharath Kamal opts out
2 years, 3 months ago

World Table Tennis Championships: Sathiyan, Batra to lead India's charge as Sharath Kamal opts out

Firstpost  

The 40-year-old Sharath, who had won the men’s singles, mixed doubles and team title at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games recently, opted out due to personal reasons. New Delhi: India’s triple gold medallist at the recent Commonwealth Games, Sharath Kamal, has opted out of next month’s World Table Tennis Championships in China, citing personal reasons. “National men and women coaches S …

Sharath Kamal — scaling new heights at 40
2 years, 4 months ago

Sharath Kamal — scaling new heights at 40

The Hindu  

“He has to be managed properly. At the same time, he is more mature than he was back then, so we need to make a plan considering all these aspects and I believe Sharath will soon give a huge reason to celebrate for the country.” Massimo Costantini, the former India table tennis head coach, had this to say about Sharath …

Sharath, Sreeja clinch gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at CWG 2022
2 years, 4 months ago

Sharath, Sreeja clinch gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at CWG 2022

The Hindu  

A. Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula gave India its first-ever Commonwealth Games mixed doubles gold medal and the second table tennis gold in Birmingham by overcoming the giant-killer Malaysian pair of Javen Choong and Karen Lyne in Birmingham on Sunday night. 🤩#Cheer4Indiapic.twitter.com/oFRtlnOOjQ — SAI Media August 7, 2022 Here is the latest Commonwealth Games 2022 Medal Table: Top teams in …

CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan win silver in men's doubles after valiant battle in final
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan win silver in men's doubles after valiant battle in final

India Today  

in what was a repeat of the Gold Coast final, India's star paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan lost the men's doubles table tennis final at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday, August 7. Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan came up with a valiant fight against England's Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall in a 5-game men's …

Defending title makes it sweeter than 2018 gold, says paddler Sathiyan
2 years, 4 months ago

Defending title makes it sweeter than 2018 gold, says paddler Sathiyan

The Hindu  

The men’s team championship gold may have been India’s seventh table tennis gold in the Commonwealth Games history ever since table tennis was included in the Friendly Games in 2002. And that makes it much sweeter than the 2018 win,” Sathiyan told The Hindu soon after India overhauled Singapore 3-1 in the final at Birmingham. “I knew the right things …

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