India's performance at the Olympics - Table tennis

India's table tennis team faced a challenging campaign at the Paris Olympics, with mixed results across events. In the women's team quarterfinals, India pushed Germany to four games, but ultimately fell short. Archana Kamath's win over Shan Xiaona was a highlight, but the team couldn't quite overcome the German squad.

In women's singles, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula put up strong fights but were ousted by Japan's Miu Hirano and China's Sun Yingsha, respectively. Sharath Achanta and Harmeet Desai faced tough opponents in the men's singles, losing to Slovenia's Deni Kozul and France's Félix Lebrun.

The men's team, meanwhile, struggled against China, losing 3-0 in the last 16 round. Despite the disappointing results, India's table tennis players showed glimpses of their potential and will look to build on this experience for future tournaments.

Achanta Sharath Kamal profile information and achievements

Achanta Sharath Kamal is one of India's best ever Table Tennis players. He shot into national prominence at the turn of the century and started winning medals for India soon after that. He has consistently performed at the highest level. Sharath's play has reached a new high after joining Timo Boll and team at Borussia Dusseldorf.

Current World Ranking - 44 (April 2015)

Some of Sharath's key achievements:

• Gold medal at the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Kuala Lampur.
• Bundesliga for Borussia Düsseldorf (Champions and currently reached finals at the European Champions League). First Indian to perform at this level in a premium league.
• Arjuna Award 2004
• 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne Gold medal. Beat William Henzell in the finals
• Won 2010 Egypt Open. Beat Li Ching of Hong Kong in the finals in straight sets.
• 2010 US Open at Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Mens Doubles title at 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi with Subhajit Saha
• Participated in the 2004, 2008 Olympics at Athens and Beijing.
• Many times National Champion
• Participated at the Asian Games 2006 Doha, Qatar
• Won Pyong Yong Invitational at North Korea
• Bundesliga - TSV Gräfelfing, SV Weder Bremen, Borussia Düsseldorf (current club)
• Deutsche Pokal for 2013
• Doubles silver at Glasgow Commonwealth games with A Amalraj in doubles
• 6th place at the Asian TT Championships
• Represents PSPB in the National level tournaments along with Amalraj, Sanil Shetty, Harmeet Desai and others.
• Invited to play at World Cup

School: PSBB Nungambakkam School
College: Loyola College, Chennai

World Rankings of Indian Table Tennis Players

World Rankings of top India Table Tennis players

Men

44	49	ACHANTA Sharath Kamal		IND	2240
104	110	GHOSH Soumyajit		IND	2028
159	152	DESAI Harmeet		IND	1838
188	171	GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan		IND	1762
317		KUMAR Jubin		IND	1388

Women

World Ranking 4/2015 - General List - Women
Ranking	Previous	Name		Assoc	Ranking Pts.
171		DAS Mouma		IND	1946
195		GHATAK Poulomi		IND	1893
195	186	DAS Ankita		IND	1893
226	212	PATKAR Madhurika		IND	1830
267	262	AKULA Sreeja		IND	1716

Achanta Sharath Kamal to face Jun Mizutani in the Quarter finals

Sharath Kamal faces Jun Mizutani in the Quarter finals of the 28th Asian Cup at Jaipur.

Already playing well above his World ranking, Sharath has upset two World top 20 players in the group matches. Sharath has chances in the match considering his form. The match is likely to be telecast live at 12:30 PM Indian time.

Also featuring in the Quarterfinals will be World No. 2 and 3 Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong.

Sharath advances to the Round of 32

A Sharath Kamal of PSPB beat Tanmay Dutta of Mah B to reach the second round of the main draw at the Senior National Table Tennis Championships at Kolkata. Sharath earned a fairly easy 4-0 win.

Player Profile: Achanta Sharath Kamal

 Sharath about to unleash his deadly topspin

Sharath Kamal definitely stands tall and belongs to the all-time greats of Indian Table Tennis players. 

His seemingly laid back attacks combined with his tremendous reach and power are a force to reckon with. Even the very top players of the world now respect Sharath. He is at an all time high at the moment and we hope he continues to maintain his standard of play and reach higher.

Name: Sharath Kamal

Date of Birth: July 12, 1982

Club: San Sebastian de los Reyes

Coaches/Trainers: A Muralidhara Rao, A Srinivas Rao

Ambition: Best is yet to come

Achievements: 

Winner, US Open 2010

Winner, Egypt Open 2010

Winner Commonwealth Games 2006, Melbourne

Highest World Ranking No. 39

Gold Medal at Commonwealth Championships at Glasgow

Pro Tour winner at Delhi

Represented India at Olympics

Arjuna Awardee
Multiple National Championship Winner