Young blood hunts for the old

The new generation was seen asserting its progress at the South Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Rajahmundry.

Soumyajit Ghosh beat G Sathiyan to reach the finals. He meets Harmeet Desai, who overcame southpaw Sanil Shetty's challenge.

It is interesting to note that three of the four semi-finalists are just 18 and even Sanil has just recently finished his Youth participation. This augurs well for Indian Table Tennis. Of course, the big India stars, Sharath Kamal and A Amalraj did not participate, but it at least means that these youngsters are right on the heels of the legends of Indian TT.

Indian men finish 29th, women 37th at the WTTC

Indian men finished 29th while the women finished 37th in the World Team Table Tennis Championships held at Moscow.

In the play off for the 29th spot, India beat Brazil 3-1 even though it did not field the star player - Sharath Kamal.
In an earlier match, India had lost to Serbia after it was relegated to the 25-36 position play off. In the league matches, India lost the crucial tie to Belgium.