Harmeet Desai crowned twice at the Central Zone National Table Tennis Championships at Gandhidham

Harmeet Desai of PSPB claimed a double Crown when he won the Youth Boys and Mens singles title at the Indian Oil National Ranking Table tennis Championship which concluded here today at Kachchh District Table Tennis Association Indoor Stadium, Adipur Gandhidham. In the Mens final Harmeet defeated A. Amalraj also of PSPB 5-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11, 11-6. This was Harmeet's maiden mens title at the National level. In the Youth Boys, Harmeet defeated Saurav Saha(PSPB) 11-3, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7. In the Womens Singles, Neha Agarwal of Delhi defeated Anandita Chakraborthy(RSPB) 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-5


Cadet Boys Singles, Finals, Soham Bhattacharaya (Wb) Bt Udit Bhattacharya (Wb) 11-2, 11-8, 11-2, 11-8

Cadet Girls Singles, Finals, Swasthika Ghosh (Mhr) Bt Anusha Kutumbale (Mp) 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9

Sub Junior Boys’ Singles, Finals, Ronit Bhanja (Wb) Bt Manav Thakkar (Pspb-A) 16- 18, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4,

Sub Junior Girls Singles, Finals 11-5, 12-10, 11-8, A Naina (Ap) Bt Aishwarya Pathak (Up) 11-7, 11-5, 12-10,

Junior Girls Singles Final – Sargarika Mukherjee(NB) bt Priyadarshani Das (WB) 15-13, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7

Junior Boys Singles Final – Lalrin Puia(PSPB) bt Abhishek Yadav(PSPB) 11-3, 4-11, 8-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-6

Indian Women advance to semi final stage at Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships

Neha Agarwal and Mouma Das played some outstanding Table Tennis for India in the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at New Delhi. Neha beat Yihan Zhou, ranked 91, while Mouma Das gave a tremendous fight to World No. 4 and Star player of Singapore, Feng Tianwei (losing in the deciding game). India however, managed to beat the other teams, Scotland and Wales to advance to the semi finals where they meet England.

With the kind of form they have shown in the 1st and 2nd stage league matches, they have a realistic chance of making it to the finals.

Delhi wins National Women's Team Table Tennis title

Delhi girls win!

Delhi girls bagged the prestigious Jayalakshmi cup at the National Table Tennis Championships being played at Raipur. They upset favourites, PSPB 3-1 to win the title.

Manika Batra played brilliantly to beat both Olympian, Ankita Das and Pooja S, while Neha Agarwal continued her superb form with a win over Ankita.


PSPB (Petroleum Sports Promotion Board easily won the Men's title 3-0.


Results:
Delhi bt PSPB 3-1 (Manika Batra bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-9; Neha Aggarwal bt Ankita Das 11-13, 12-10, 11-5, 11-9; Riti Shankar lost to K. Shamini 6-11, 6-11, 11-13; Manika Batra bt Ankita Das 15-13, 11-8, 11-2