World Champion!
Zhang Jike beat Wang
Hao in the fourth major tournament (World Championships 2011, World Cup
2011, Olympics 2012, World Championships 2013). At Paris, the score
yesterday was 4-2 (11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 5-11, 11-7).
A few
years back, he was sent back from the Chinese National Ping Pong team by Liu
Guoliang and relegated to the provincial team. He almost thought of
quitting. But backed by his fiercely determined dad, he came back to the
National team and then did the impossible. Well, he still is, because
he is just 25!
Ladies and Gentleman, please put your hands
together for Mr. Zhang Jike, the man who thrives on pressure. The big
stage brings out the best out of him.
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Soumyajit
Ghosh plays a dream match against Ma Long in the 1st round of the Men's
singles main draw at the Paris World Table Tennis Championships.
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Soumyajit Ghosh, Amalraj, and Sharath Kamal are in the main draw at the
World Table Tennis Championships! Shamini, Madhurika, and Mouma also in
the main draw!
Sharath Kamal
plays Carlos Machado of Spain, while Amalraj plays young Koki Niwa of
Japan. Carlos is an experienced player on the World Table Tennis circuit
and has entered the main draw via the gruelling qualifying groups and
rounds. Carlos plays a very consistent attacking game, although with
slightly lesser power. He is ranked 106 in the world.
Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh matches start at 5:15 PM Paris time. Amalraj plays at 3 PM. None of these matches are live on the Web.
Editor
Good news! At the Paris World Table Tennis
Championships, most Indian players topped the grueling qualifying
group action, young guns Soumyajit Ghosh, Sanil Shetty, Harmeet Desai
advanced. Also advancing to the Preliminary rounds were Shamini, Mouma, Neha, and Madhurika.
It takes a massive amount of effort to win through and even reach the
main draw of 128 players. Best of seven group matches followed by best
of seven preliminary rounds. So, a player who hopes to win the
Championship via the qualifying route has to win much more than 10
rounds!!! This is the reason Jorg Rosskopf, the coach of the German team
feels that the World Championships are tougher than the Olympic
competition for Table Tennis.
India's Sharath Kamal is already directly seeded into the main draw, where he is expected to meet Timo Boll in the 2nd round.
Editor
1st Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis at
Mysore from May 30 to June 2, 2013 at NIE Diamond Jubilee Indoor Sports
Complex, Manandavadi Road, Mysore.
Are you ready for the competition?
Editor
India on the verge of a record Medal haul at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships!
They will cross the seven medal tally that they managed at Glasgow in 2009.
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