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Sharath Kamal is back in the top 40 in the World

Indian Table Tennis ace Sharath Kamal is back to his highest ever ranking and is in the top 40 elite player list in the World.

This is a good sign as he prepares for the Commonwealth and the World Championships. One of his top opponents will be Paul Drinkhall, who recently won the Spanish Open.

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Player Profile: India's Star TT Player - Sourav Chakraborty

Sourav is one of India's best ever left handed players. His fearless and effortless style of plays often leaves his opponents panting.
Sourav has made a name for himself not only in the sub continent, but he has also played a stellar role in the club he played for in the middle of the last decade.

Your's truly once saw him demolishing one of the top players in a leading state in ruthless style. It is well known that Sourav single-handedly won the title for PSPB in the recent Nationals even though he was saddled with a personal emergency situation involving his father. The fact that Sourav held the flag high even without practice says a lot about his class.



Name: Sourav Chakraborty

Date of Birth: 01-01-1985

Current India Ranking - 3

Highest India Ranking - 1

Junior World Ranking (2001) -14

PARTICIPATION IN  MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

1. World T.T. Championships in Paris in the years of 2002-2003

2. World T.T. Championships in Shanghai in the years of 2004-2005

3. Asian T.T Championships in Bangkok in the years of 2002-2003

4. Asian T.T Championships in Seoul (South Korea ) in the years of 2004-2005

5. Played Yugoslavian Top League for Red Star Club( Serbia ) in 2004-2005. Created a record of winning all the matches for Red Star Club.

6. World Championships in Yokohama in the year of 2009.

7. India VS England Series - Defeated Paul Drinkhall and Andrew Ruston.

8. Kuwait Open Championship 2009 - Qualified and lost in main draw to Ma Lin.

9. Qatar open Chamiponship 2009 - Qualified and lost in main draw to Wang Hao.

10. China Open 2009 - lost in main draw to Ta Ku( Japan ).

11. Defeated William Henzell (2006, Commonwealth Games silver medalist in mens singles) in the pre-quarter finals at Glasgow in commonwealth championship,2009.

MAJOR  NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

S. No.	Tournament	Place	Year	Medal
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Guwahati	2009-2010	Silver(Singles) Gold(Mens Doubles) Silver(Mixed Doubles) Bronze(Team)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Patna ( Bihar )	2008-2009	Bronze (singles) Bronze (Doubles) Silver (Team)
	Senior national T.T championship	Siliguri ( North Bengal )	2007-2008	Silver (singles) (Doubles) (Team)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Ajmer(Rajasthan)	2006/2007	Silver (Team) Gold (Doubles Men)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Jaipur (Rajasthan)	2005/2006	Silver (Team)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Panvel ( Maharashtra )	2004/2005	Silver (Team) Bronze (Singles)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Maneswar (Haryana)	2003/2004	Silver (Team)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	Pune ( Maharashtra )	2002/2003	Silver (Team) Gold (Men’s Doubles) Gold (Mixed Doubles)
	Senior national T.T. Championship’s	New Delhi	2001-2002	Silver (Singles) Gold (Team)
	Jr. Qatar Open Championship’s	Hyderabad	2001-2002	Gold (Singles Team, Mixed Doubles) Silver (Team)
	World Railway Championship’s	Bangaluru (KNT)	1999-2000	Gold (Singles, Doubles, Team)
	World Railway Championship’s	Indore (M.P)	1998-1999	Gold (Singles, Team)

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ACHEVEMENTS

S. No.	Tournament	Place	Year	Medal
	Commonwealth Games	U.K. ( Manchester )	2002	Bronze (Team)
	Commonwealth Championship’s	New Delhi	2001/2002	Silver (Team)
	Jr. Asian Championship’s	Hong Kong	2000/2001	Bronze (Team)
	Taiyun Jr. International Championship’s	China	2000/2001	Gold (Singles) Silvers (Doubles) Bronze (Team)
	Hungary World Youth Festival	Hungary	2000/2001	Silver (Singles)
	Hungary World Youth Festival	Hungary	1999/2000	Bronze (Singles)
	South Asian Championship’s	Bangladesh	2000/2001	Gold (Single) Doubles (Team) Doubles (Mixed)
	Jr. Qatar Open Championship’s	Qatar	2000/2001	Gold (Singles)
	World Railway Championship’s	Poland	2001/2002	Gold (singles) Silver (Team) Bronze (Doubles)
	World Railway Championship’s	CzechRepublic	2006/2007	Bronze (Singles) Gold (Doubles)
	Commonwealth Championship’s	Scotland	2009	Silver(team) Quarter-finals(mens singles)

Table Tennis player profile: Soumyajit Ghosh

Update: Soumyajit Ghosh wins Indian National Championhips!
Earlier: Soumyajit and Ankita qualify for London Olympics.

Soumyajit Ghosh became the Indian National Champion on January 12, 2013. He beat Sharath Kamal in the finals. In the semi-finals, he had beaten defending champion A Amalraj.

Soumyajit showed his talent very early in career. The strength in his game is his poise and anticipation. He is at the ball quickly, which makes it possible to catch the ball earlier and place it better and also hit harder than normal. His game is still improving. Soumya now does not hesitate to counter topspins against a topspin.

No less an authority than Sharath Kamal predicted great things for him.

He has already started performing in the Men's event. Currently training in Sweden and getting exposure to quality opposition, we hope that he goes far in the World of Table Tennis.

Name: Soumyajit Ghosh

Date of Birth: 10.05.1993

Club: Deshbandhu sporting club and young men association

Coaches/Trainers: Subrata Roy and Mantu Ghosh

Ambition: To win the Arjuna Award

Achievements:

• India National Champion
• 2012 London Olympics qualifier
• Youth national champion. 
• Commonwealth youth games winner in doubles
• Runner up in singles