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 …
The Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in Birmingham is one of the major sporting events of this year. The Committee had named Diya Chitale as a standby and as a result, she has now filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court challenging her exclusion. Opening up on the matter, Manush's father Utpah Shah said "We filed a …
Two ageing warhorses in the Indian table tennis circuit, A. Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das both from PSPB showed their young opponents that experience can be a valuable and destructive weapon. In the 83rd Senior National table tennis championships on Monday, Sharath, who will turn 40 this July, and Mouma, 38 years old, entered the final with identical 4-2 wins …
Manush Shah’s current ranking — 14 in the domestic and 402 in the international level — is not something to crow about. The singles crown in the Ecuador International Open in November boosted his confidence and the paddler from Gujarat showed glimpses of his capabilities at the domestic level too with an 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7 upset …
)
