Sharath's loss ends India's challenge at WTT Contender
3 years, 9 months ago

Sharath's loss ends India's challenge at WTT Contender

The Hindu  

World No 7 Lin Yun-Ju defeated Sharath Kamal 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 in the second round to end India’s campaign at the World Table Tennis Contender event in Doha on Thursday. “The only chance I got to get close came in the third game, but he was simply superior today.” The day also saw an injured G. Sathiyan and Sutirtha Mukherjee give a walkover to the French pair Emmanuel Lebesson and Jia Nan Yuan in the mixed doubles first round. Late on Wednesday, Sathiyan and Sharath lost the men’s doubles first round to the Argentine pair of Horacio Cifuentes and Gaston Alto 14-12, 11-7, 11-3. I took injections and painkillers, but they did not help.” To recover faster for the bigger matches ahead, including the Olympic qualifiers, Sathiyan was contemplating pulling out from the men’s doubles and mixed doubles events of the WTT Star Contender, beginning on Friday.

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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 …

Indian sports wrap, November 18: Mor beats Gabet in first round of ITF junior tennis tournament
1 month ago

Indian sports wrap, November 18: Mor beats Gabet in first round of ITF junior tennis tournament

The Hindu  

TENNIS Mor beats Gabet in first round of ITF junior tennis tournament Aditya Mor fought well to beat second seed Aaron Gabet of France 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the boys first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament on Monday. RESULTS Boys: Om Patel bt Riyan Kashyap 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Mmahit Mekala bt Tavish Pahwa 5-7, 7-5, 5-1 ; Izyan …

Indian sports wrap, November 16: Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT
1 month, 1 week ago

Indian sports wrap, November 16: Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT

The Hindu  

GOLF Hitaashee doubles lead to six shots in Hero WPGT Hitaashee Bakshi added a 2-under 70 to her first-round card of 67 to double her three-shot lead to six with one more round to go in the 14th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour in Vikarabad on Saturday. - Team Sportstar ITF: Riya Bhatia-Polina pair beats Aneta-Martha duo …

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 …

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 …

Indian Sports Wrap, June 14: Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at Meijer LPGA Classic
6 months, 1 week ago

Indian Sports Wrap, June 14: Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at Meijer LPGA Classic

The Hindu  

GOLF Aditi’s makes solid start with 68 at LPGA Classic Aditi Ashok opened her challenge at the Meijer LPGA Classic with one of her best rounds of the season, carding a 4-under 68 for a tied 11th place here. -PTI TENNIS Mahika Khanna enters AITA National series junior tennis tournament final Mahika Khanna outplayed second seed Nainika Reddy 6-3, 6-1 …

Indian Sport Wrap, June 11: Shagun Kumari bounces back at the AITA National series junior tennis tournament
6 months, 1 week ago

Indian Sport Wrap, June 11: Shagun Kumari bounces back at the AITA National series junior tennis tournament

The Hindu  

Top seed Shagun Kumari bounced back from slow start to bet Mannat Awasthi 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the under-18 girls second round of the AITA National series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Tuesday. The results : Under-18 boys: Shanker Heisnam bt Prabhsifat Singh 6-2, 6-1; Amtya Ohlyan bt Saksham Shh 6-3, 6-3; Dhruv Ghanghas bt Abhinav Chaudhari …

Indian sports news wrap: March 30
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian sports news wrap: March 30

The Hindu  

TENNIS $82,000 Challenger tennis: Bollipalli, Poonacha win in doubles semifinals Rithvik Bollipalli and Niki Poonacha beat Ryan Seggerman and Patrik Trhac of USA 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles semifinals of the $82,000 Challenger tennis tournament in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. -Kamesh Srinivasan WJT Asia-Oceania under-14 boys tournament: India loses 2-0 to Japan Japan beat India 2-0 in the final of …

Satwik-Chirag, World No. 1 doubles pair, exit All England Championships after defeat to former champions
9 months, 1 week ago

Satwik-Chirag, World No. 1 doubles pair, exit All England Championships after defeat to former champions

Firstpost  

Satwik and Chirag, who had won the French Open last week, could not sustain the pressure on their rivals, the third seeds, and went down in a little over an hour. 1 Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out in the men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals of the All England Badminton Championships after a straight game defeat against Muhammad Shohibul …

World team table tennis c’ships: India men edge out Kazakhstan to enter Round of 16
10 months ago

World team table tennis c’ships: India men edge out Kazakhstan to enter Round of 16

The Hindu  

Indian men huffed and puffed to a 3-2 victory over Kazakhstan to advance to the round of 16 in the World team table tennis championships in Busan on Wednesday. Harmeet Desai clinched the fifth and final rubber with a magnificent 3-1 victory over Kirill Gerassimenko, the country’s highest ranked paddler at 40. After Kirill put it across Harmeet, India’s No.1, …

World Team Table Tennis Championship: Indian women pip Hungary 3-2
10 months ago

World Team Table Tennis Championship: Indian women pip Hungary 3-2

The Hindu  

Manika Batra’s splendid start and finish pulled India to a 3-2 victory over Hungary in the women’s section of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Sunday. After a disappointing display in the opening tie against China, where she lost both her matches, Manika, India’s top-ranked paddler, turned in a resolute performance, winning the first and fifth rubbers …

ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships: Ayhiya Mukherjee stuns World No. 1 Sun Yingsha
10 months, 1 week ago

ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships: Ayhiya Mukherjee stuns World No. 1 Sun Yingsha

The Hindu  

The Indian women’s team went down fighting 2-3 to top seed China in their first group match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Friday. Manika Batra, India’s highest ranked player at 36, caved in without much of a fight to Wang Manyu, World No.4. With the match tied at 1-1, Sreeja Akula, ranked 49, played, perhaps …

National Table Tennis Championship 2023 review and analysis
11 months, 3 weeks ago

National Table Tennis Championship 2023 review and analysis

The Hindu  

Before reflecting on the year-ending National Table Tennis Championship, it is important to know the background, dotted with the continued indifference of those trusted with running the Table Tennis Federation of India, after the turmoil in its administration in the recent past. If 2023 was seen as a season of hope for Indian table tennis lovers, it sadly managed to …

Men's paddlers struggle to quarters after women bow out
1 year, 3 months ago

Men's paddlers struggle to quarters after women bow out

Hindustan Times  

Veteran Acantha Sharat Kamal raised his game just in time to help the Indian men's team escape unscathed against Kazakhstan but the women's table tennis team imploded against a resilient Thailand to bow out of the Asian Games here on Sunday. Star Indian paddler Manika Batra failed in both her singles matches as the women's team lost 2-3 to a …

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 2023: Indian Table Tennis team pips Yemen, Singapore to remain on top of Group F
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Indian Table Tennis team pips Yemen, Singapore to remain on top of Group F

The Hindu  

The Indian men’s table tennis team consolidated its position at the top of Group F with wins over Yemen and Singapore at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium on Friday. Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai had straight games victories in their respective singles matches in a 3-0 sweep of Yemen. In the women’s team, Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula …

Asian Table Tennis C’ships: Sutirtha slays higher-ranked opponent from Chinese Taipei
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Table Tennis C’ships: Sutirtha slays higher-ranked opponent from Chinese Taipei

The Hindu  

India’s Sutirtha Mukherjee beat higher-ranked Szu-Yu Chen to enter the women’s singles round of 32 at the Asian Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday. The world number 104 bounced back after losing the opening game against 40th-ranked Chen from Chinese Taipei to win 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 in a round-of-64 match. Two doubles pairs enter quarterfinals Manav Thakkar and Manush …

Indian men’s team assured of bronze medal at Asian Table Tennis Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian men’s team assured of bronze medal at Asian Table Tennis Championships

The Hindu  

The Indian men’s table tennis team assured itself of a bronze medal at the Asian Championships by defeating Singapore 3-0 in the quarterfinals held on Monday. The opening singles match between veteran Sharath Kamal and Izaac Quek was a closely fought battle, with the 41-year-old Indian ultimately winning 11-1, 10-12, 11-8, 11-13, 14-12. The seasoned G Sathiyan then blanked Yew …

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 …

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 | …

TT worlds: Sathiyan, Sharath and Manika win
1 year, 7 months ago

TT worlds: Sathiyan, Sharath and Manika win

Hindustan Times  

Manika Batra, G Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal had contrasting first-round singles outings but progressed to the Round of 64 at World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban on Sunday. Jammu: Table tennis player Manika Batra during the 84th Senior National and Inter-State Table-Tennis Championship, at Gymnasium Hall, University of Jammu, Saturday, March 25, 2023. 101 Tom Jarvis of England 4-3, …

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 …

Indian sports news wrap, April 12
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, April 12

The Hindu  

TENNIS Maaya Rajeshwaran enters Asian U-14 semifinals Shivtej Shirfule beat Dharma Pantaratorn of Thailand 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the boys quarterfinals of the Asian under-14 tennis tournament at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. In the girls section, Maaya Rajeshwaran sailed into the semifinals, but Harithashree Venkatesh was beaten by Eva Korysheva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. …

National Table Tennis Championships: Sreeja Akula Defends Crown, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Earns Second Title
1 year, 8 months ago

National Table Tennis Championships: Sreeja Akula Defends Crown, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Earns Second Title

News 18  

Defending champion Sreeja Akula of RBI claimed a second successive women’s singles crown after beating Sutirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal 4-2 in the 84th UTT Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships here on Monday. Women’s singles: Final: Sreeja Akula bt Sutirtha Mukherjee 9-11, 14-12, 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10. Semi-finals: Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Ayhika Mukherjee 12-10, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10; Sreeja Akula …

$25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament: Niki Poonacha beats Jacob Bradshaw to reach semifinal
1 year, 9 months ago

$25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament: Niki Poonacha beats Jacob Bradshaw to reach semifinal

The Hindu  

Niki Poonacha sustained his strong game and beat Jacob Bradshaw of Australia 6-3, 7-6, in the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the RK Khanna Stadium on Friday. In the semifinals, Niki will play Yusuke Takahashi of Japan who beat the third seed Vladyslav Orlov of Ukraine 7-6, 6-3, with a solid game from the back court. …

Sportstar Aces 2023, Popular Choice: Achanta Sharath Kamal nominated for ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award
1 year, 9 months ago

Sportstar Aces 2023, Popular Choice: Achanta Sharath Kamal nominated for ‘Sportstar of the Year (Male)’ award

The Hindu  

Achanta Sharath Kamal has been nominated for the ‘Popular Choice - Sportstar of the Year ’ award for the upcoming Aces Awards 2023. Despite a rich legacy in table tennis, his is far from done; he has his sights set on a medal in the Paris Olympics in 2024 ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ACES AWARDS 2023 There are …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal keen to excel at Asian Cup 2022
2 years, 2 months ago

Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal keen to excel at Asian Cup 2022

The Hindu  

India’s top two paddlers, G. Sathiyan and A. Sharath Kamal have had some of their best outings in the Asian Cup table tennis tournament. While Sathiyan, 29, achieved it in the 2019 edition, 40-year-old reigning Commonwealth Games singles champion, Sharath, finished sixth in 2015 in Jaipur. When the 33rd Asian Cup begins in Bangkok on November 17, they would be …

National Tennis C’Ships: Sahira beats Vanshita to advance to second round
2 years, 2 months ago

National Tennis C’Ships: Sahira beats Vanshita to advance to second round

The Hindu  

Sahira Singh survived two match points to beat Vanshita Pathania 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 in a marathon first-round match of the women’s event in the Fenesta National tennis championship at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday. The 15-year-old Sahira, a talented girl from Amritsar who has been making rapid progress in recent months to be seeded eighth in the women’s field, …

World team table tennis championship | India upsets Germany
2 years, 2 months ago

World team table tennis championship | India upsets Germany

The Hindu  

The Indian men’s team defied huge odds to script one of the biggest upsets of the World team table tennis championships here on Sunday in Group 2, edging out second-seeded Germany 3-1. And again in the fourth rubber against World No.9 Dang Qiu, the Indian fought back from being down by two games to finish the tie in five games …

World Team Table Tennis Championships: Indian men beat second seed Germany, to face Kazakhstan next
2 years, 2 months ago

World Team Table Tennis Championships: Indian men beat second seed Germany, to face Kazakhstan next

The Hindu  

The Indian men’s team defied huge odds to script one of the biggest upsets of the World team table tennis championships in China on Sunday in Group 2, edging out second Germany 3-1. And again, in the fourth rubber against World No.9 Dang Qiu, the Indian fought back from being down by two games to finish the tie in five …

ITTF World Team Championships: Indian Men Down Uzbekistan; Women Falter Against Germany
2 years, 2 months ago

ITTF World Team Championships: Indian Men Down Uzbekistan; Women Falter Against Germany

News 18  

The Indian men’s table tennis team started its ITTF World Team Championships Finals 2022 campaign with a 3-0 win over Uzbekistan 3-0 in its first Group 2 tie, here on Saturday. National Games champion Harmeet Desai then registered another 3-0 win over Anorboev Abdulaziz and Manav Thakkar sealed the victory after downing Iskandarov Shokhrukh 3-0. After the victory, the Indian …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

'Vintage' Achanta Sharath Kamal targets Olympic glory in Paris before calling it a day in table tennis
2 years, 4 months ago

'Vintage' Achanta Sharath Kamal targets Olympic glory in Paris before calling it a day in table tennis

Firstpost  

At 40, Sharath returned from Birmingham as the most-decorated Indian athlete at the Games, with four medals. New Delhi: Ageing like fine wine, Sharath Kamal has set his sights on yet another shot at the Olympics, his confidence boosted by a grand showing at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games. “I always try to keep my body and mind fit, especially because …

CWG 2022 Day 11 Wrap: Sindhu, Lakshya, Satwik-Chirag and Sharath Win Gold; India Finish 4th in Medal Tally
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022 Day 11 Wrap: Sindhu, Lakshya, Satwik-Chirag and Sharath Win Gold; India Finish 4th in Medal Tally

News 18  

India finished fourth in the medal tally with 22 Gold, 15 Silver and 23 Bronze medals and with a total of 61 medals in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games that concluded on Monday. Even though India couldn’t surpass their medal tally from Gold Coast Games, considering Shooting was not included in this edition, it has been an excellent performance by …

Sharath Kamal cruises to second CWG gold in men's singles, claims an incredible fourth medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games
2 years, 4 months ago

Sharath Kamal cruises to second CWG gold in men's singles, claims an incredible fourth medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games

Hindustan Times  

India's star paddler Sharath Kamal won an incredible fourth medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, ending his run in the edition with an elusive gold medal in men's singles event. The Indian 40-year-old paddler defeated local favourite Liam Pitchford 11-13, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 to win his fourth singles medal at the Games. Earlier in the 2022 edition, Sharath won …

CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan Win Gold and Bronze in Men's Singles TT
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan Win Gold and Bronze in Men's Singles TT

The Quint  

Veteran Sharath Kamal extended his domination at the Commonwealth Games even as India finished on two positions on the podium of the men's singles badminton event. 40-year-old Kamal defeated England's Liam Pitchford 4-1 in the final to win the gold while G Sathiyan bagged his maiden Commonwealth Games singles medal as he won the bronze by beating another home-favourite, Paul …

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, Sreeja Akula clinch India's second gold in Table Tennis with memorable mixed doubles victory
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula clinch India's second gold in Table Tennis with memorable mixed doubles victory

Hindustan Times  

Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula bagged India's third medal in table tennis at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday as the pair beat the Malaysian combination of Choong Javen and Lyne Karen 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 to clinch the elusive gold medal in mixed doubles final. This was also Sharath Kamal's third medal at the CWG …

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 …

Commonwealth Games 2022: ‘We are more mature now’, says Sathiyan after table tennis men’s team defends gold
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: ‘We are more mature now’, says Sathiyan after table tennis men’s team defends gold

The Hindu  

The men’s team championship gold may have been India’s seventh table tennis gold in the Commonwealth Games history ever the sport was included in the Friendly Games in 2002. “Delighted with the aggressive brand of table tennis I played and I hope I can continue in the same mood for the remaining week.” Sathiyan admitted that Sharath “after creating a …

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