Inter unit Table Tennis PSPB tournament at Coimbatore

Coimbatore will host the XXXIII Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) Inter-Unit Table Tennis Tournament from today. The tournament will run until 4th August.

Several Indian Internationals including Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Amalraj, Soumyadeep Roy, Mouma Das, K. Shamini, Neha Aggarwal, Ankita Das, Poulomy Ghatak are expected to participate.

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Sharath, Shamini to represent India at the Asian Cup Table Tennis championships

Sharath and Shamini are representing India at the Asian Cup Table Tennis Championships 2013 at Hong Kong. The tournament started today and there are early reports that K Shamini won her first group match.

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.

Amalraj, Manika bag titles

Anthony Amalraj - the quickest Indian TT player

Two big upsets on the final day of the Inter Institutional Championships 2011.

Amalraj beat India's only truly International player, Sharath Kamal 4-3 (10-12,14-12,11-5,4-11,4-11,11-6,11-7). Manika Batra beat Poulomi Ghatak 4-3 (7-11,8-11,11-5,11-9,11-7,8-11,13-11).

Amalraj went on to bag a double crown by winning the Men's doubles with partner Jubin Kumar

Doubles results

Womens doubles final: 

Madhurika Palkar  and K.Shamini  bt  Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das  (PSPB) 11-9,11-4,11-3

Mens doubles final:

Anthony Amalraj and Jubin Kumar bt  T.Nitin and Sourav Saha 11-6,7-11,11-6,11-8

All Indian TT stars at Chile Pro Tour advance

Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh

All the 10 Indian players (five men and five women) at the Santiago tourney made it to the pre-quarterfinals! This is definitely a record in Indian Table Tennis history.

Of course, there will be those who complain that the tourney does not feature big stars, but it does augur well for Indian Table Tennis, especially since there are quite a few youngsters in the draw.
In fact, there is some good news and some bad news on this front. Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh meet in the round of 16, but one of them will reach the quarter finals of a Pro Tour event in their teenage years, which is a huge boost for their confidence.
None of the Indian women players meet each other.

Pre quarterfinalists:
Women: Mamta Prabhu, Manika Batra, Madhurika Patkar, K Shamini, and Ankita Das
Men: Sourav Chakraborty, Soumyadeep Roy, Harmeet Desai, Soumyajit Ghosh, and Sanil Shetty

Sharath, Soumyadeep in Semis

Favourites Sharath Kamal and Soumyadeep Roy reached the semi finals of the 72 nd National and Inter State Table Tennis Championships at Kolkata. Sharath beat giant killer, Anirban Nandi 4-0 in the quarterfinals. Sharath now meets state-mate R Abishek in the semi-finals.

Soumyadeep plays young Soumyajit Ghosh in the other semi-finals.

In the women's section, it is Nandita Saha vs Mamta Prabhu and K Shamini vs Madhurika Patkar. The top seed Mouma Das was shocked by Nandita in the quarter finals. The player to watch here is Madhurika, who seems to be in sharp form.