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 paddler Sreeja Akula clinched the women’s singles title while Manav Thakar and Manush Shah reigned supreme in the men’s doubles event at the WTT Feeder Beirut II in Beirut, Lebanon. LISTEN: Paris Olympics watch - Indian table tennis: Sharath Kamal’s ambitions, historic quota for team events and more It is Sreeja’s second WTT singles career title. In the men’s …
Even the best athletes wilt under pressure. This was on display as U Mumba’s overseas stars Quadri Aruna and Lily Zhang lost the plot against Puneri Paltan in a must-win match on Thursday. Paltan, thanks to a superlative display by southpaw Manush Shah and Hana Matelova, overcame its fancied opponent to win the Maharashtra Derby 10-5 in the final league …
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 …
