Anthony Amalraj to be given Arjuna award

A Amalraj, who won the 2012 Indian National Championships, will be rewarded with the Arjuna Award for his accomplishments in his career. Amalraj has performed consistently from around 2010 at the international level and this news comes at around the right time.

Other International achievements by Amalraj are as follows:

Winner of Men's doubles silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow (partnering A Sharath Kamal). Winner of Bronze medals in team and mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth games.

Winner of Gold medal in the Commonwealth Championships in 2015. Also, silver in men's singles and bronze in men's doubles. In the 2013 edition, he won a silver in the team event.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

Indian Table Tennis Players among Seeds at Brazil Open, Santos

Soumyajit Ghosh, Anthony Amalraj, and Subhajit Saha are seeded at the Brazil Pro Tour Table Tennis Tournament (now called World Tour) at Santos, Brazil.

Soumyajit Ghosh is the top seed in the U-21 Boy's section as well and Harmeet Desai is 4th, while Ankita Das is seeded in the U-21 Girl's division.

Amalraj shocks Sharath Kamal to win Nationals, Poulomi Ghatak Women's National Champ

Anthony Amalraj finished the season at a high that he displayed right through the season. He beat Achanta Sharath Kamal 4-2 in the finals. Earlier, Poloumi Ghatak defeated K Shamini 4-0.

Such was his form that Amalraj was leading 3-0 in the finals before the determined Sharath decided to fight back winning the next two. In the sixth game however, Amalraj was determined not to let the match slip into a decider and won the game.

There was some controversy after Amalraj jumped on to the table to celebrate. It is understandable since he broke Sharath's grip on the Indian national title.

Results: 

Men’s singles (final): Amal Raj A  (PSPB) bt Sharath Kamal (PSPB) (4-2) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 7-11, 11-8; Semi-finals: Sharath Kamal (PSPB) bt Soumayajit Ghosh (NB) (4-1) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Amal Raj A (PSPB) bt Subhajit Saha (PSPB) (4-0) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8.

Women’s singles (final): Poulami Ghatak (PSPB) bt Shamini K (PSPB) (4-0) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 11-7; Semi-finals: Poulami Ghatak (PSPB) bt Ankita Das (NB) (4-3) 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 4-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8; Shamini K (PSPB) bt Mouma Das (PSPB) (4-1) 11-9, 11-4, 12-10, 13-15, 11-6.

Table Tennis Player of the Year 2011 (India) Anthony Amalraj

A Amalraj stands clear as the player of the year 2011 in Indian Table Tennis.

After a quarter final loss in the first zonals, he swept almost everything at stake, even beating the formidable Sharath Kamal at the Inter Institutionals. He beat his closest rivals with ease and lost very few games while doing so.

His profile on his agency's Web site:
www.ttproagency.com

- Style of Playing: Right Handed, All Round Style of Playing

- Hobbies: Movies, Music

- Favorite Music Band: World Music

- Favorite Food: Chicken Briyani

- Favorite City/Country: USA

TABLE TENNIS EQUIPMENT:

- Blade: TIBHAR H39

- Forehand Rubber: BUTTERFLY Tenergy 05 2.1

- Backhand Rubber: BUTTERFLY Tenergy 64 2.1

BEST RESULTS:

- Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal