Monday, November 29, 2010

Aniket's sensational performance at West Zone National Ranking Tournament


Pune's own Aniket Koparkar reached the finals of the West Zone National Ranking Tournament at Nagpur. He beat internationals and Bengal players Raj Mondal, Sourav Chakraborty, and Subhajit Saha before he eventually lost to Soumyadeep Roy (also of West Bengal).

This was Aniket's first finals in the Men's singles. With this stupendous show, he moves to joint 4th in the India rankings. If Aniket performs consistently now, his place in the India team is almost a certainity.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Martand Wins State Youth Championship Title

Pune's Martand Biniwale won the prestigious State Championship Table Tennis title at Nanded. Aniket Koparkar won the prestigious Men's Singles State Champion crown.

In the final, he beat Dhiraj Rai 4-2 while Aniket beat seasoned Eric Fernandes also with a similar score, 4-2.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Pune wins State Championship team title after a decade

The Pune district team won the Maharashtra Team title after a decade at the ongoing tournament at Nanded.

Aniket Koparkar, Rohit Chaudhari, Martand Biniwale, Atul Bapat, and Tanay Shinde represented Pune. Madhu Lonare is the coach of the team

Details coming soon.