Achanta Sharath Kamal plays Harimoto the Japanese prodigy in an attempt to reach the finals

In just a while, Achanta Sharath Kamal takes on 13 year old Japanese prodigy, Harimoto in the Men's singles semi final of the Seamaster ITTF World Tour India Open at New Delhi.

Sharath beat Paul Drinkhall in a thrilling Quarterfinal match 4-3 after deuce, while Harimoto beat an injured but experienced Robert Gardos

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Sharath gives Ma Lin a scare

Indian Table Tennis ace, A Sharath Kamal gave TT legend Ma Lin a run for his money at the Hungarian Open World Tour (formerly called Pro Tour) event.

In the 2nd round of the main draw, Ma Lin prevailed 4-1 (11-4,5-11,11-7,16-14,11-9). Sharath had great chances to equal the match at 2-2 but unfortunately lost the fourth game after an extended duel. 


Earlier, in the first round, Sharath squeaked past England's Paul Drinkhall after being 0-3 down. He eventually won 4-3, in a decider that went all the way to 13-11.

British Premier League 2011 starts on September 10th

The British League Premier Division Round One kicks off on 10th Sep 2011 at St Neots TTC, Riversmead.

With Paul Drinkhall, Darius Knight, and Gavin Rumgay in the thick of their preparation for the London Olympics, Drumchapel Glasgow are the firm favourites.

Drumchapel Glasgow have the very successful Ryan Jenkins and Chris Doran in their ranks. Gareth Herbert, Terry Young, Craig Howieson and Stephen Jenkins make it to the team. Craig Hardie, Richard Main and Scott Barton are the reserves.

Jakov Krivic of Croatia is the main hope for defending champs, Barrow along with Bradley Evans, Jonathan Crawford, Paul Cicchelli and Scott Crawford.

Fusion, last year’s third place finishers have Sule Olaleye joined by Omkar Torgalkar (who moved from Sycamore) at no. 2,  Lorestas Trumpauskas (the Mens Over 40s  Doubles Champion at the 2011 European Veterans Championships) and Kazeem Adisa Adekeke. England no. 25 Mark Smith and England no. 48 Tommy Cutler will lend support.

10 times Champions London Progress, have Po Huang “Barry” Chen Jason Sugrue. Igor Morais, Daniel Basterfield, Ashley Willetts make up their team.