Archana Kamath quits professional table tennis to pursue academic career in US
4 months ago

Archana Kamath quits professional table tennis to pursue academic career in US

New Indian Express  

India's women's table tennis player, Archana Kamath, who played a crucial role in the Paris Olympics 2024 to lead the country to the quarter-finals, announced her decision to quit professional table tennis and focus on her academic career. The 24-year-old who had helped India achieve a historical feat in the Olympics by reaching the quarters, decided to carry forward her higher education in the US as a more viable long-term plan. Her role models range from well-known economist Sanjeev Sanyal to the likes of tennis stars Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal whom she met at the Games Village in Paris earlier this month. Now that the Olympics are done, I want to study more and come back to India after two years and serve the people in a different capacity," she said.

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Olympian Archana Kamath bids adieu to table tennis
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympian Archana Kamath bids adieu to table tennis

The Hindu  

Olympian Archana Kamath, one of the top table tennis players in the country, has bid goodbye to the sport. The 24-year-old from Bengaluru, Archana who was perhaps the most talented women’s table tennis player that Karnataka has produced, decided to call it a day to pursue higher studies in the United States. Archana’s decision to retire so early came as …

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 …

'Money is not the reason': Archana Kamath's coach Anshul Garg on her decision to quit table tennis | Exclusive
4 months ago

'Money is not the reason': Archana Kamath's coach Anshul Garg on her decision to quit table tennis | Exclusive

India TV News  

Archana Kamath sent shockwaves through the country on Thursday when she suddenly dropped a bombshell announcing her decision to quit table tennis at 24. However, Archana's coach Anshul Garg has quashed all such conjectures and clarified that the 24-year-old has quit the sport because of her passion for academics. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Garg revealed that "Archana …

Olympian Archana Kamath quits Table Tennis to pursue higher studies
4 months ago

Olympian Archana Kamath quits Table Tennis to pursue higher studies

The Hindu  

India’s Archana Kamath, who was part of the Indian women’s table tennis team at the Paris Olympics, which reached the quarterfinals, said she is retiring from competitive sport to focus on higher studies. “It was not an easy decision for me to make, but if I have retired from competitive table tennis, it is only and only because of my …

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 lose to Germany 1-3 in women's Table tennis team event, Indian campaign ends in Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

India lose to Germany 1-3 in women's Table tennis team event, Indian campaign ends in Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Archana Kamath gave a brief resistance but that was not enough as India lost 1-3 to technically superior Germany in the women's table tennis team event quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics here on Wednesday. Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath of India play against Yuan Wan and Shan Xiaona of Germany in the Women's Team Quarterfinal match Indian table tennis …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian women’s table tennis team lose to Germany in quarterfinal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian women’s table tennis team lose to Germany in quarterfinal

The Hindu  

India bowed out of the women’s team event after losing 3-2 to a superior Germany in the quarterfinals of the Olympics at the South Paris Arena’s table tennis venue here on Wednesday. The 11th-ranked India, which qualified in the team event for the first time and creditably reached the last eight, could not match the Germans’ well-planned and controlled performance. …

India's 6-member TT team all geared up to turn tables at Paris Olympics: UTT chairperson
4 months, 3 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, table tennis draw: Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey in singles; Sharath Kamal faces Deni Kozul
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024, table tennis draw: Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey in singles; Sharath Kamal faces Deni Kozul

Firstpost  

Manika, who is seeded 18th at the Paris Games, had become the first women’s table tennis player from India to make it to the round of 32 in singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. India’s Paris Olympics 2024 flag bearer and legendary table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal will face Deni Kozul of Slovenia in the men’s singles opening …

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 …

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 …

Sutirtha-Ayhika, with identical surnames, similar backstories, put Naihati on TT’s world map
1 year, 2 months ago

Sutirtha-Ayhika, with identical surnames, similar backstories, put Naihati on TT’s world map

The Hindu  

The name Madral would have remained tucked in obscurity had it not been for the extraordinary feat of two girls from this little township in Naihati. Childhood friends Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee, who came together to win the first Asian Games table tennis medal in women’s doubles, have made the world sit up and take notice. It was such …

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” …

Can teen sensation Jennifer Varghese join Manika Batra at the head table?
1 year, 9 months ago

Can teen sensation Jennifer Varghese join Manika Batra at the head table?

The Hindu  

March 04, 2023 10:11 am | Updated 12:40 pm IST As a little girl in Nagpur, Jennifer Varghese used to accompany her parents to the Titans Table Tennis Academy near her home to pick up or drop her elder sister. In the Asian Cup, she won the bronze medal after losing the semifinal.” Former eight-time national champion Kamlesh Mehta, now …

CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Gold, Sonalben Manubhai Patel Bronze in Para Table Tennis
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Gold, Sonalben Manubhai Patel Bronze in Para Table Tennis

News 18  

Indian para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won a gold medal in the women’s singles class 3-5 at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. Besides, she also won a silver medal in the women’s singles class 4 at the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing in 2013. Sonalben Manubhai Patel also gave India a medal, claiming a bronze in …

Table tennis player Archana Kamath loses legal battle against non-selection to Commonwealth Games
2 years, 6 months ago

Table tennis player Archana Kamath loses legal battle against non-selection to Commonwealth Games

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Archana Girish Kamath, a table tennis player questioning the Table Tennis Federation of India’s decision of not selecting her for the national women’s TT team to represent the country in the ensuing Commonwealth Games 2022 to be held in the United Kingdom. “These are the matters in the …

Commonwealth Games 2022 : Karnataka HC Dismisses Table Tennis Player Archana Kamat's Plea Challenging Her Exclusion
2 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022 : Karnataka HC Dismisses Table Tennis Player Archana Kamat's Plea Challenging Her Exclusion

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Table Tennis Player Archana Kamath, questioning the decision of the Table Tennis Federation in not selecting her in the team which would represent India in the upcoming CommonWealth Games, 2022, to be held in England. It is submitted that while Respondent No.2 was embarking on making changes in the …

Indian Men Finish with Bronze in Asian Table Tennis Championships After Loss to Korea
3 years, 2 months ago

Indian Men Finish with Bronze in Asian Table Tennis Championships After Loss to Korea

News 18  

The Indian men’s table tennis team signed off with a bronze medal in the Asian Championships after losing to formidable South Korea 0-3 in the semifinals here on Friday. With service on, the Indian led 11-10, but that was all he could do as the Korean sealed his country’s place in the final with three straight points, including a breakpoint. …

Asian Table Tennis C’ships: Indian men assures bronze medal after entering semis
3 years, 2 months ago

Asian Table Tennis C’ships: Indian men assures bronze medal after entering semis

The Hindu  

Indian men entered the semifinals of the 25th-ITTF-ATTU Asian table tennis championships with a 3-1 win over Iran at the Lusain Sports Arena in Doha on Wednesday. After two of India's best players, Sharath Kamal and G. Sathiyan gave a rousing start defeating Nima Alamian and Noshad Alamiyan respectively, it was believed that Harmeet Desai, world-ranked 72 would close the …

Table tennis | Archana loses in quarters
3 years, 2 months ago

Table tennis | Archana loses in quarters

The Hindu  

India’s Archana Kamath lost 11-9, 11-13, 8-11, 6-11 to second seed Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong in the World Table Tennis Star Contender women’s singles quarterfinals on Friday. After claiming the first game, Archana was confidence-personified as she stretched Kem, who was part of the National team which won bronze in the women’s team event at the Tokyo Olympics, …

World Table Tennis Star Contender: India’s Archana Kamath loses in quarters
3 years, 2 months ago

World Table Tennis Star Contender: India’s Archana Kamath loses in quarters

The Hindu  

India’s Archana Kamath went down fighting to the second seed Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong 11-9, 11-13, 8-11, 6-11 in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Star Contender here on Friday. After winning the first game, Archana was confidence-personified as she stretched Kem, who was part of the Hong Kong National team which won bronze in …

Manika Batra: Here Are a Few Lesser Known Facts About The Star Paddler
3 years, 3 months ago

Manika Batra: Here Are a Few Lesser Known Facts About The Star Paddler

News 18  

India’s ace table tennis player Manika Batra was on Wednesday, September 15, left out of the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian Championships, which are scheduled to commence from September 28, in Doha, Qatar. The Table Tennis Federation of India had made attending the camp mandatory following the Indian contingent’s performance at the Tokyo Olympics. She had also alleged that …

Bhavina Patel credits her silver at Tokyo Paralympics to table tennis robot provided by SAI
3 years, 3 months ago

Bhavina Patel credits her silver at Tokyo Paralympics to table tennis robot provided by SAI

Firstpost  

Patel became the first Indian table tennis player to win a Paralympic medal by clinching the silver, going down to Zhang Miao of China in the summit clash. New Delhi: When the COVID-19 pandemic derailed her preparations for the Paralympics, table tennis player Bhavina Patel found a perfect practice partner in a robot provided by the Sports Authority of India, …

Exclusive | G Sathiyan sets sights on 2024 Paris Olympics, teams up with Manika Batra in mixed doubles
3 years, 4 months ago

Exclusive | G Sathiyan sets sights on 2024 Paris Olympics, teams up with Manika Batra in mixed doubles

India TV News  

He describes his time in Tokyo as a learning curve. Notching up a win on his Olympic debut would have made the experience even better but star Indian paddler G Sathiyan now shifts his focus towards the Hungarian Open, with Paris Olympics in his mind and Manika Batra by his side. In an exclusive interview with India TV, Sathiyan, who …

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Know Your Olympian

News 18  

1 ranked Table Tennis player in India in 2015 to missing out on the 2016 Rio Olympics due to being suspended by the Table Tennis Federation of India for fudging age records, Sutirtha Mukherjee has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and ensures that she will not come back empty-handed. Age – 27 Sports/Discipline – Table Tennis Working Ranking – …

National table tennis championship: Manika, Archana scrape through
3 years, 10 months ago

National table tennis championship: Manika, Archana scrape through

The Hindu  

Manika Batra and Archana Kamath, along with upcoming talent Diya Chitale, represent the present and future of Indian women’s table tennis. Contrasting styles On Tuesday, the trio won their opening round matches in the National table tennis championship at Panchkula near here, in contrasting styles. If former champion Manika and Archana looked rusty for the better part of campaign-openers, the …

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