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Indian Participation in International Events

1. ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025 – Doha, Qatar

The prestigious ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals are concluding today in Doha, Qatar. This event, which began on May 17, features top players from around the globe, including a strong contingent from India.

Indian Squad Highlights:

• Men: Manav Thakkar, Harmeet Desai, Manush Shah, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Ankur Bhattacharjee

• Women: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee

Matches are being streamed live on the official World Table Tennis YouTube channel. 

Domestic Table Tennis Events in India

2. Under-19 District-Level Table Tennis Competition – Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir

On May 24, the Department of Youth Services and Sports in Budgam successfully concluded the Inter-Zone District Level Table Tennis Competition for Under-19 boys and girls. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from all twelve zones of the district, showcasing the budding talent in the region. 

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🔜 Upcoming Table Tennis Events in India

3. Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6

The sixth season of Ultimate Table Tennis, India's premier professional table tennis league, is set to commence on May 31, 2025. The opening matches will feature:

• Jaipur Patriots vs. Dabang Delhi TTC

• Ahmedabad SG Pipers vs. Dempo Goa Challengers

Matches will be broadcast live on Star Sports and streamed on Hotstar. 

East Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament 2017

The 11Even Sports National Ranking (East Zone) Table Tennis Championships is being held at Siliguri from 23 to 28 October, 2017. Over 700 players are expected to participate. Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan will be missing in action. However, other players such as Soumyajit, Sanil, Harmeet, will fight it out for the crown. In the women's section, almost all the top players will be present, including Manika, Mouma, Poulomi, Pooja, Ankita, and Sutirtha.

Soumyajit continues domination, Ankita overcomes Pooja at Chennai zonals

National champion, Soumyajit Ghosh continued his good run in the domestic scene this year and annexed the South Zone national Table Tennis title by beating his friend, Harmeet Desai. Soumyajit had beaten Harmeet by the same 4-2 score at the Delhi Inter Institutionals.

Earlier, in the semi finals, Soumyajit beat Sathiyan and Harmeet beat Amalraj.

In a thrilling women's final, Ankita Das beat Pooja S 4-3. Ankita had reached the finals by beating Mouma Das while Pooja had beaten veteran Anindita Chakraborty.

Abhishek Yadav and Reeth Rishya won the Youth Boys and Girls titles.