Ultimate Table Tennis: Far from breaking even
4 years, 3 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis: Far from breaking even

The Hindu  

The phenomenal success of the Indian Premier League has led to the rise of franchise leagues across sport in India over the last decade. Within a year since the first edition was held with 24 overseas and as many participants across three cities in India, Indian table tennis was at its all-time high. While UTT hasn’t formally announced the dates of the fourth edition, the Table Tennis Federation of India had specified the tournament window from August 14, immediately after the scheduled conclusion of the Olympics. For a property like UTT, despite table tennis being one of the most popular recreational activity, it would be nearly impossible to recover financially. We wait for instructions and directives from TTFI and ITTF before deciding the future course of action.” While the statement reads far from being optimistic, industry observers feel table tennis’ wider connect with general public, coupled with strong promoters, will help UTT to revive sooner than other major leagues.

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Harmeet Desai hungry for more silverware after Ultimate Table Tennis triumph
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Harmeet Desai hungry for more silverware after Ultimate Table Tennis triumph

The Hindu  

He has been the silent contributor in Indian men’s slow rise on the table as a force to reckon with in the international arena. No wonder then that Harmeet Desai was at the forefront of a historic moment to cap off the fifth season of Ultimate Table Tennis in Chennai on September 7. “It’s not only the talk of Indian …

Lily Zhang Interview | It’s been a valuable experience in Ultimate Table Tennis
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Lily Zhang Interview | It’s been a valuable experience in Ultimate Table Tennis

The Hindu  

The points format in the Ultimate Table Tennis league has added that extra bit of unpredictability and pressure on the favourites as well as the underdogs. To meet players with different rubbers has been really amazing as I don’t get to even train that way. I don’t get to play against such players regularly even at the international level. In …

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: How Chennai is lapping up TT action
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: How Chennai is lapping up TT action

The Hindu  

The golden point has been announced and the crowd is on the edge of its seat. Table tennis comes to life at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, with the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis league dishing up some exciting matches for the city’s sports enthusiasts. “I remember him winning his first medal and feeling very proud,” she recalls, “I immediately pestered …

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 …

UTT | Ankur, Diya steal the show on super Sunday
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UTT | Ankur, Diya steal the show on super Sunday

The Hindu  

Ankur Bhattacharjee – the new kid in the block of Indian table tennis – continued his dream run in his debut Ultimate Table Tennis season to keep Puneri Paltan Table Tennis in the hunt for the knockouts. Later in the night, diminutive Diya Chitale staged a sensational comeback against Manika Batra for Dabang Delhi TTC to stun PBG Bengaluru Smashers …

Ultimate Table Tennis | Reeth begins revival before Manush and Szocs seal issue
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ultimate Table Tennis | Reeth begins revival before Manush and Szocs seal issue

The Hindu  

Debutant Ahmedabad SG Pipers outplayed U Mumba TT 9-6 and jumped to the top of the table with 24 points from three matches in the Ultimate Table Tennis League here on Tuesday. U Mumba’s Manav Thakkar continued his winning streak in singles, defeating Manush Shah 2-1 in the opening rubber. As Pipers’ Lilian Bardet and U Mumba’s Quadri Aruna took …

UTT 2024: Manika Batra Helps Bengaluru Smashers Beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis
3 months, 4 weeks ago

UTT 2024: Manika Batra Helps Bengaluru Smashers Beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis

News 18  

Star paddler Manika Batra survived the giant-slaying Ayhika Mukherjee to lead her team, PBG Bengaluru Smashers to 10-5 victory against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis in Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium today. The tie started with 17-year-old Ankur Bhattacharjee of Puneri Paltan Table Tennis taking on Bengaluru Smashers’ Jeet Chandra. With Bengaluru Smashers needing just one point …

Archana Kamath, 24, calls time on Table Tennis career after representing India at Paris Olympics
4 months ago

Archana Kamath, 24, calls time on Table Tennis career after representing India at Paris Olympics

India TV News  

India’s budding paddler Archana Kamath has decided to call time on her playing career to pursue academics as she doesn’t really see a future for herself in the sport moving forward. Having been the recipient of extraordinary support, including financial, I can confidently say, that it wasn’t in any way a financial decision,” Archana told The Indian Express. She also …

India's 6-member TT team all geared up to turn tables at Paris Olympics: UTT chairperson
4 months, 4 weeks ago

India's 6-member TT team all geared up to turn tables at Paris Olympics: UTT chairperson

Hindustan Times  

Commonwealth Games champion Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will lead the six-member Indian table tennis team at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Table Tennis players Sharath Kamal and Manav Thakkar with Head Coach Massimo Costantini during the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 Player Draft, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 10 The most exciting part about the Indian table tennis contingent, however, has been …

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian table tennis closing on slice of history
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian table tennis closing on slice of history

The Hindu  

Even before India’s largest table tennis contingent checks into the Olympic Village, that’s the one-word summation of its Paris 2024 campaign. India’s men and women have qualified for the team championship at the Olympics for the first time since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. India’s table tennis team for Paris 2024 includes eight players, including a reserve …

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 schedule announced: Goa Challengers to take on Jaipur Patriots in opener
5 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 schedule announced: Goa Challengers to take on Jaipur Patriots in opener

Hindustan Times  

The schedule for Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 was announced on Friday, and a total of 23 exciting ties are set to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai from August 22 to September 7. The defending champions, the Goa Challengers, and newcomers, the Jaipur Patriots, will kickstart the table tennis extravaganza in the tournament opener. UTT 2024 …

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 schedule: Goa Challengers takes on Jaipur Patriots in opening match
5 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 schedule: Goa Challengers takes on Jaipur Patriots in opening match

The Hindu  

Defending champion Goa Challengers will face newcomer Jaipur Patriots in the opening match of the Ultimate Table Tennis scheduled to be held here from August 22 to September 7. Debutant team Ahmedabad SG Pipers will launch its campaign against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis on Day 2, while Chennai Lions will face PBG Bengaluru Smashers in an exciting southern derby later …

Ultimate Table Tennis | Chennai Lions has the oldest and the youngest paddlers on its roster
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ultimate Table Tennis | Chennai Lions has the oldest and the youngest paddlers on its roster

The Hindu  

Chennai Lions had retained the oldest member — A. Sharath Kamal — for the fifth edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis. The Lions also have both the table tennis Padma Shri recipients in the squad, with Sharath — seated on the yellow table hours before departing for his record fifth Olympic bid — welcoming veteran Mouma Das to the fold. …

UTT
5 months, 3 weeks ago

UTT

The Hindu  

Two of India’s Olympic-bound women paddlers — Sreeja Akula and Archana Kamath — will be among the major attractions for the eight franchises during the Ultimate Table Tennis Player Draft, to be held here on July 10. Szocs, renowned for Indian fashion statements and hard-hitting winners, will make her third appearance while European counterpart Nina Mittelham is set to maker …

UTT Season 5 to begin from August 22; Ahmedabad, Jaipur named as two new teams
6 months, 3 weeks ago

UTT Season 5 to begin from August 22; Ahmedabad, Jaipur named as two new teams

The Hindu  

The fifth season of Ultimate Table Tennis, the racket sport’s premier league, will be held in Chennai from August 22 to September 7 and will have two new teams from Jaipur and Ahmedabad, the organisers announced on Wednesday. The franchise-based league, promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani under the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of India, was held …

Table tennis | Need to improve fitness and tactics to beat the Chinese, says Manika Batra
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Table tennis | Need to improve fitness and tactics to beat the Chinese, says Manika Batra

The Hindu  

Manika Batra could not be more thrilled about bossing the World No. Manika shocked Wang Manyu, the 2021 World Champion in women’s singles and member of the Olympic gold-winning Chinese team at the Tokyo Olympics, before blanking 14th-ranked Nina Mittelham from Germany to make it a special week in Saudi Arabia. I had a lot of fun beating her,” said …

Sreeja overtakes Manika, becomes India No. 1 in women’s singles
8 months ago

Sreeja overtakes Manika, becomes India No. 1 in women’s singles

The Hindu  

Commonwealth Games mixed doubles champion Sreeja Akula on Tuesday became the top-ranked Indian woman table tennis player after rising to career-high rank of 38 in latest ITTF Chart, replacing Manika Batra. Sreeja climbed a spot while Manika who had been India’s number one table tennis player for a while now, slipped two places to 39 in the latest update. The …

Ludhiana lad grabs three gold in national para table tennis
9 months ago

Ludhiana lad grabs three gold in national para table tennis

Hindustan Times  

Fighting against all odds, Shubham Wadhwa, a computer science engineering student and a para table tennis player, won three gold medals in mixed doubles, men’s doubles and men’s single Class-3 category at the Ultimate Table Tennis Para Table Tennis National Championship 2023-24 in Indore on Friday, among 18 players from different states. Wadhwa, trained by his coach Sahil Sharma, who …

How India’s table tennis stars are charting a course to the Paris Olympics
10 months, 1 week ago

How India’s table tennis stars are charting a course to the Paris Olympics

Live Mint  

The International Table Tennis Federation World Team Table Tennis Championships that begins in Busan, South Korea, on 16 February will mark India’s first chance of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer. With athletes from China continuing to dominate the sport—including the world’s top five male and top four female players—India’s best chance of success in TT in Paris …

Foreigners benefit from nation's table tennis expertise
1 year, 1 month ago

Foreigners benefit from nation's table tennis expertise

China Daily  

A training session is held at the college. Shi said Chinese table tennis extends beyond the sports excellence to the reasons behind this high level of ability. "While table tennis was invented by the British, it is the Chinese who have been playing it so well, so there must be some element of Chinese culture in the sport," Shi said. …

Asian Games shows Indian table tennis a doubles direction
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games shows Indian table tennis a doubles direction

Hindustan Times  

Straight from breaching the Chinese table tennis bastion that fetched them the bronze medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee will jump into the World Table Tennis circuit in Muscat, competing at a WTT Contender event that begins on Saturday. “We have some good doubles teams and we can surely put greater focus on doubles going …

Ayhika-Sutirtha pair clinches bronze in women’s doubles table tennis at Asian Games 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Ayhika-Sutirtha pair clinches bronze in women’s doubles table tennis at Asian Games 2023

The Hindu  

Indian pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee lost a seven-game thriller against Republic of North Korea’s Cha Suyong and Pak Sugyong in the women’s doubles table tennis semifinal to clinch bronze at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday. India vs North Korea - Table tennis HIGHLIGHTS Sutirtha and Ayhika started off positively, winning the first game 11-7 …

The Mukherjees — Ayhika and Sutirtha — who caused a flutter at Hangzhou
1 year, 2 months ago

The Mukherjees — Ayhika and Sutirtha — who caused a flutter at Hangzhou

The Hindu  

They share the same surname. India’s dynamic duo beat China’s Meng Chen and Yidi Wang in the quarterfinal to secure a table tennis bronze for India at the Asian Games on Saturday. This ploy helped them win the World Table Tennis Contender title in Tunisia in June, a first by an Indian women’s pair. They're best friends In Hangzhou, Ayhika …

Asian Games 2023, India stuns China in table tennis: Sutirtha and Ayhika, the Mukherjees from Naihati, beat the dragon at its game in its den
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023, India stuns China in table tennis: Sutirtha and Ayhika, the Mukherjees from Naihati, beat the dragon at its game in its den

The Hindu  

They share the same surname. No wonder then that minutes after they achieved the biggest win of their career - by stunning China’s Chen Meng and Wang Yidi in the women’s doubles quarterfinal to ensure a historic table tennis medal for India at the Hangzhou Asian Games - the duo together got on to a WhatsApp call with “Roy da” …

Asian Games 2023, Table Tennis: Ayhika, Sutirtha reach semi-finals in women's doubles event, assured of a medal
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023, Table Tennis: Ayhika, Sutirtha reach semi-finals in women's doubles event, assured of a medal

India Today  

India's duo of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukhrejee beat world champions and world number 2 China in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event in table tennis. Asian Games 2023: Women's doubles Table Tennis This win assured India for its first medal in table tennis at the 2023 Asian Games. Dominated the Chinese pair as we secure a medal in …

Indian men's, women's table tennis teams enter pre-quarters
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian men's, women's table tennis teams enter pre-quarters

Hindustan Times  

Indian men's and women's table tennis teams advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games with comprehensive 3-0 victory over Nepal and Tajikistan respectively in Group F matches here on Saturday. India women's TT team poses after securing spot in pre-quarters Indian women topped the group with two wins in as many matches, and they will face Thailand in the …

Asian Games: Volleyball, Table Tennis Teams Shine as Balraj Panwar Rows into Final
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games: Volleyball, Table Tennis Teams Shine as Balraj Panwar Rows into Final

News 18  

While the off-field diplomatic tiff between the governments of India and China over the denial of accreditation to three wushu players from Arunachal Pradesh getting all the attention, Indian sportspersons hogged the limelight in the field too with the country registering important wins in men’s volleyball and men’s and women’s table tennis competitions. Asian Games 2023: Medal Tally, Schedule, Results, …

Chance for Neeraj Chopra-led India to showcase its sporting prowess at Asian Games
1 year, 3 months ago

Chance for Neeraj Chopra-led India to showcase its sporting prowess at Asian Games

The Hindu  

India is fielding a jumbo contingent of around 650 athletes at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Sreeshankar has had a good year too, with six 8m-plus jumps, but did not qualify for the final of the World Championships, while China’s Jianan Wang made the last 12 after a season-best 8.34m. India expects to follow up good show in archery India …

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 …

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 …

India can be among top five nations in table tennis, says Sathiyan
1 year, 5 months ago

India can be among top five nations in table tennis, says Sathiyan

The Hindu  

G. Sathiyan feels India has the potential to be among the top five table tennis nations and the rapid growth of the game can be fuelled further with an elusive medal at the Summer Olympics next year. “In the team rankings, right now we are closing in on the top 10, but the way we are playing as a unit, …

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 | …

Ultimate Table Tennis: All you need to know about the UTT 2023, format, team news, live streaming info
1 year, 5 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis: All you need to know about the UTT 2023, format, team news, live streaming info

The Hindu  

Table tennis is a game of skill enjoyed by many around the world. Ultimate Table Tennis is a table tennis league highly anticipated by players and fans. Ultimate Table Tennis is India’s top table tennis league and had a run for three consecutive seasons, from 2017 to 2019. The Ultimate Table Tennis league consists of six teams. Ultimate Table Tennis …

Ruminating over dead grass and India’s glorious tennis history
1 year, 5 months ago

Ruminating over dead grass and India’s glorious tennis history

Hindustan Times  

“It used to be called lawn tennis. The Davis Cup tie between India and Denmark last year on the grass courts of Delhi Gymkhana Club was a breath of fresh air in the barren landscape of playing, and watching, tennis on grass in the country. “Those days, there were only grass or clay courts, no synthetic courts,” Mukerjea, who made …

‘It’s our social responsibility to channelise youth energy towards sports’
1 year, 6 months ago

‘It’s our social responsibility to channelise youth energy towards sports’

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Despite the torrential downpour that struck Lucknow on Saturday, tucked away in Babu Banarasi Das U.P. Badminton Academy, under a leaking indoor stadium roof, the table tennis matches raged on amidst chants and chaos. Kamlesh Mehta, former Indian Table Tennis team captain One of the special guests at this tournament, Kamlesh Mehta, former team India captain for table tennis …

World Table Tennis Championships: Sathiyan-Manika advances to round of 32; Sreeja Akula enter second round
1 year, 7 months ago

World Table Tennis Championships: Sathiyan-Manika advances to round of 32; Sreeja Akula enter second round

Firstpost  

The fourth-seeded Indian pair won 9-11, 11-8, 14-16, 11-7, 11-6 against their Luxembourg opponents who are ranked 122 positions below them in the world rankings. India pair of Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran advanced to the Mixed Doubles round of 32 at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals after notching a tense 3-2 victory over Xia Lian Ni and …

Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra key attractions among Indians for Ultimate Table Tennis
1 year, 7 months ago

Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra key attractions among Indians for Ultimate Table Tennis

Firstpost  

The fourth season of Ultimate Table Tennis is scheduled to be held at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune from 13 to 30 July and the player draft will be held in Mumbai next month. Mumbai: Veteran paddler Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra will headline the Indian line-up while world no 12 Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri will be among …

Somnath Ghosh to make debut ahead of UTT fourth edition
1 year, 8 months ago

Somnath Ghosh to make debut ahead of UTT fourth edition

The Hindu  

Somnath Ghosh has been a new entrant among the Indian coaches for the fourth edition of Ultimate Table Tennis, the franchise table tennis league that’s set to return in July after a three-year hiatus. Ghosh, with Arjuna Award recipient Sreeja Akula as his most famous protege, will thus join veterans A. Muralidhara Rao and N. Ravichandran along with seasoned coaches …

Table Tennis Nationals review: Sathiyan steps up in Sharath’s absence, Sreeja adds second successive crown
1 year, 8 months ago

Table Tennis Nationals review: Sathiyan steps up in Sharath’s absence, Sreeja adds second successive crown

The Hindu  

It’s a packed calendar for senior Indian table tennis players in 2023. Sharath Kamal, India’s star paddler and defending champion, pulled out of the singles event of the Senior Nationals precisely because of the workload he might encounter. Already saddled with the work of co-chairperson of the International Table Tennis Federation’s Athletes’ Commission, a role for which he travels within …

Ultimate Table Tennis league to have fourth season in July
1 year, 8 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis league to have fourth season in July

Live Mint  

Table tennis league Ultimate Table Tennis is set to return after a three-year hiatus and is scheduled to be held in July this year in Pune. The franchise-based league is promoted by Niraj Bajaj, chairman of Mukand Limited, and Vita Dani, chairperson of 11EVEN Sports, under the Table Tennis Federation of India. Five of the six franchises will participate in …

Ultimate Table Tennis to return for Season 4, to begin in July
1 year, 8 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis to return for Season 4, to begin in July

The Hindu  

Ultimate Table Tennis - the franchise-based table tennis league featuring star international paddlers - will resume after a three-year hiatus, with its fourth edition to be played in Pune from July 13 to 30. They are U Mumba TT, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis, Goa Challengers, Dabang Delhi TTC and RPSG Mavericks Kolkata. “We are absolutely delighted to announce the return …

Feels great that a big WTT event has come to India, says Sharath
1 year, 9 months ago

Feels great that a big WTT event has come to India, says Sharath

The Hindu  

His campaign in the WTT Star Contender Goa 2023 may have been over on the first day of the main draw itself, but Sharath Kamal stayed on till the penultimate day and lent support to the biggest table tennis tournament in India. “Not a great tournament for me personally, but feels great that a big WTT event has come to …

WTT Star Contender Goa: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan, Manika Batra Lead Strong Indian Challenge
1 year, 9 months ago

WTT Star Contender Goa: Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan, Manika Batra Lead Strong Indian Challenge

News 18  

Multiple-time Commonwealth Games medallist Achanta Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and top woman player Manika Batra will lead India’s challenge in World Table Tennis Star Contender Goa 2023 to be held in Panjim from February 27 to March 5. The WTT Star Contender is the biggest-ever table tennis tournament to be held in India and will see top international stars in …

India Table Tennis Stars Register Easy 1st Round Win in Asian WTTC Continental Stage in Qatar
1 year, 11 months ago

India Table Tennis Stars Register Easy 1st Round Win in Asian WTTC Continental Stage in Qatar

News 18  

India’s Manika Batra won her first round match of the Asian WTTC Continental Stage with considerable ease while scripting a 11-2,11-3,11-2,11-7 win over Magdieva Markhabo of Uzbekistan on Sunday at the Lusail Sports Complex in Doha. In the men’s section, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sarath Kamal, Manush Utpal Shah, Sanil Shetty and Harmeet Desai all won their respective matches and will …

Goa to Host First Ever World Table Tennis Series Event in India from February 27
2 years ago

Goa to Host First Ever World Table Tennis Series Event in India from February 27

News 18  

Goa will host India’s first ever World Table Tennis series event from February 27 to March 5, it was announced here on Thursday. WTT Series is the official professional table tennis series of events, with the world’s best players facing each other off in various category tournaments throughout the year with the four Grand Smashes being the ultimate prize to …

Table tennis makes net gains in Pakistan
2 years ago

Table tennis makes net gains in Pakistan

China Daily  

ISLAMABAD — Asad Ali, 30, has been playing table tennis for the last 10 years, and with each passing year not only does his interest in the game increase, but also the regret of not getting the opportunity to start it earlier in life. Satti says a large number of girls also play table tennis in her club, and the …

Sharath Kamal: Table tennis star’s journey to the Khel Ratna
2 years, 1 month ago

Sharath Kamal: Table tennis star’s journey to the Khel Ratna

Live Mint  

Table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal is 40 years old, a four-time Olympian and seven-time gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games. It is a fantastic moment for me and for Indian table tennis.” Afterall, Sharath, fondly called ‘Anna’ by Indian athletes, has witnessed, and been an integral part of, the transformation of table tennis in India from a recreational sport …

National Games Table Tennis: Gujarat's Harmeet, WB's Sutirtha Clinch Men's and Women's Singles Titles
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games Table Tennis: Gujarat's Harmeet, WB's Sutirtha Clinch Men's and Women's Singles Titles

News 18  

Gujarat’s Harmeet Desai and West Bengal’s Sutirtha Mukherjee clinched the men’s and women’s table tennis singles titles with dominating wins in the National Games on Saturday. Local hero Harmeet thrashed Haryana’s Soumyajit Ghosh 4-0, while Sutirtha proved too good for national champion Sreeja Akula, with the Olympian winning 4-1 in the women’s final. Sutirtha ended the National Games with three …

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, Table Tennis: Athletes in action on Day 2, What happened on Day 1?
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Athletes in action on Day 2, What happened on Day 1?

The Hindu  

The National Games 2022 table tennis event will take place at PDDU Indoor Stadium, Surat from September 20 to September 24. SCHEDULE DAY 2 - Event TIME OPPONENT 1 VS OPPONENT 2 Women's team semifinals 10 AM Maharashtra vs Tamil Nadu Women's team semifinals 10 AM Telangana vs West Bengal Men's team semifinals 12 PM Gujarat vs West Bengal Men's …

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