Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Super League off to a good start

The Table Tennis Super League 2017 has started in Chennai. It will run from November 24-28, 2017 at Forum Vijaya Mall, Chennai. Several strong players are participating in this league. The league is run under the auspices of TNTTA, 11Sports (Vita Dani, Kamlesh Mehta), and TTFI.

Indian Table Tennis League

According to media reports, India will soon be hosting a franchise based Table Tennis league. The first edition of the league is expected to run in May-June 2016.

Mumbai-based businesses are expected to fund the event. International Kamlesh Mehta will be leading the team that runs the league.

The event is expected to attract foreign players, who will team up with Indian talent.

Editor

Table Tennis Tournaments in Mumbai

(1) MCF Borivali - 4 Star All Mumbai - 20 to 24 June 2012. R. K. Bowrie & Amit Mody to Co ordinate.

(2) JVPG Club, Juhu - 4 Star All Mumbai - July 2012. Ojas Dave & Amit Shah to co ordinate.

(3) Pro TT, University - 4 Star All Mumbai - Mid June 2012. Mahendra Chiplunkar & Gamre to Co ordinate.

(4) Matunga Gymkhana - 4 Star All Mumbai - September 2012. Kamlesh Mehta & Nirmal Shah to co ordinate.

(5) KRC Kandivli - 3 star MSD - November 1st week. Manish Tutwala & Amit Mody to co ordinate.

(6) Khar Gymkhana - State Ranking - 2 to 6 October. Vinay Chande & Kamlesh Mehta to coordinate.

(7) MIG, Bandra - 3 Star MSD - July / August. Suhas Dandekar & Deepak Mani to Coordinate. 

(8) Goregaon Sp Club - 3 Star MSD - September. Priyesh Kamdar & Gurcharan Singh to coordinate. 

(9) Jolly Gymkhana - 3 Star MSD - July / August. Bakul Parekh & kamlesh Mehta to coordinate.

Talks are also on with Chembur Gymkhana & BARC for conduct of a tournament.

 

Special Thanks to Amit Modi for the information - Editor

Sharath withdraws, Soumyadeep spearheads team

An old photo of the Indian Women's team. Note that Mouma and Poulomi are not in this tournament. Kamlesh Mehta is accompanying the team as Coach in the absense of a foreign coach

In the absense of Sharath Kamal, who had to withdraw from the Chile Open due to an illness, Soumyadeep leads the team, which starts its main matches today. Sanil faces a tough customer in Mancini.

The Indian women and men face South American challenge in the first round with many of them facing players from Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. A few of them should be able to make it to the pre quarterfinals, where the competition gets tougher.

Player Profile: Sanil Shetty (Mumbai Maharashtra, India)

Sanil Shetty is making waves at the National level and is slowly but surely also shining on the international turf. Just last week, he won the first state ranking tournament at Dhule, Maharashtra.

Here's a brief profile of this energetic and young star.

Name: Sanil Shetty

Club: Andheri YMCA, Matunga Gymkhana

Table Tennis Achievements:
2004 - Sub Junior National Champion
2004 - Canada (Teams) Gold Medal
2006 - SAF Juniors Gold Medal
2006 - Junior National Champion, 3 times Nationals Champion in Doubles
2008 - Youth Nationals Team Gold Medal
2009 - Youth Nationals Team Gold Medal
2009 - Winner, Men's Singles, West Zone National level tournament
2009 - Winner, Youth Singles, West Zone National level tournament
2009 - Kuwait Open U-21 Quarterfinals (Beat World No. 13)
World No. 93 highest Ranking in Under-21.

Coaches: Deepak Mani, Kamlesh Mehta

Favourite Player: Timo Boll, Jun Mizutani

Weapon of Choice: Forehand Topspin

TT Ambition: To participate in the Olympics and win a medal for India.

Hobby: Playing Video Games