Amalraj, Mouma are West Zone Table Tennis Champions

A Amalraj and Mouma Das bagged the Men's and Women's titles at the West Zone National Table Tennis championships at Thane. In the finals, they beat G Sathiyan and Manika Batra respectively in nail biting finishes that went down to the wire.

Results:

Men’s Singles: Final: Anthony Amalraj (PSPB) bt G. Sthiyan (PSPB) 4-3 (14-16, 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-6); Semifinals: Anthony Amalraj bt Devesh Karia (Guj) 4-3 (8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-4, G. Sathiyan bt Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 4-1 (11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9).

Women’s Singles: Final: Mouma Das (PSPB) bt Manika Batra (PSPB) 4-3 (7-11, 6-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10; Semifinals: Manika Batra bt Ayhika Mukherjee (AAI) 4-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-4, 11-7), Mouma Das bt K. Shamini (PSPB) 4-1 (11-4, 11-5, 2-11, 11-7, 11-5).

Youth Boys Singles: Final: Arjun Ghosh (WB) bt Sabhya Virmani (AAI) 4-1 (11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4); Semifinals: Arjun Ghosh bt Ravindra Kotiyan (Mah) 4-3 (11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 12-14, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5), Sabhay Virmani bt Birdie Boro (PSPB) 4-3 (9-11, 12-10,13-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7).

Youth Girls Singles: Final: Manika Batra (PSPB) bt Moumita Datta (WB) 4-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4);Semifinals: Moumita Datta bt Reeth Rishya (PSPB) 4-1 (11-7, 11-2, 10-12, 11-8, 13-11), Manika Batra bt Ayhika Mukherjee (AAI) 4-1 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8).

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

Manika Batra, Abhishek Yadav win Youth National Championship titles at Allepey

Who is the next Table Tennis star in the making?

Manika Batra and Abhishek Yadav win the Youth National Championship titles at Allepey, Kerala to stake their claims as the Princess and Prince of Indian Table Tennis. While Manika beat surprise finalist, Charvi Kawle, Abhishek beat Sudhanshu Grover in the finals.

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South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships

Good luck to all the promising Indian Juniors at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at New Delhi. India is the top favorite to top the medals tally. 

Competitions will be held in the Team, Singles, and Doubles categories in the Cadet and Junior age groups. From India, top world ranked players such as Manika Batra (World No 27), Sutirtha Mukherjee (35), Sagarika Mukherjee (Cadet World No. 24), Anirban Ghosh (Cadet World No. 33), Birdie Boro (Cadet World no 65), Lalrin Puia (Cadet World No. 85), Sudhanshu Grover (90), and Abhishek Yadav (152) are participating.

Participants are as follows: 

Boys:

Sudhanshu Grover, Abhishek Yadav, Utkarsh Gupta, Birdie Boro, Anirban Tuks Ghosh, Lalrin Puia, K R Rohit

Girls:

Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Reeth Rishya, Ayhika Mukherjee, Sagarika Mukherjee, CALANGE RAVICHANDRAN Harsha V, Akula Sreeja.

East Zone final results

Anthony Amalraj and Poulami Ghatak won the Men's and Women's singles titles at the East Zone Nationals held at Bolpur.  
Amalraj seems to have hit a purple patch. He won back to back titles with a win at the East Zone National Ranking at Bolpur. In the finals, he easily beat back Subhajit Saha's challenge 4-0. He lost games only to Soumyadeep Roy in the semi finals.

Full results:

Men's singles: 
Amal Raj beat Subhajit Saha 4-0 (11-9, 11-3, 12-10, 11-5)


Women's singles:
Poulami Ghatak bt Ankita Das 4-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10)


Youth Boy's singles:
G Sathiyan bt Soumyajit Ghosh 4-2 (5-11, 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 11-2, 11-7)


Youth Girls singles:
Ankita Das bt K K Narmadha 4-1 (5-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-6,11-6)

Junior Boys singles:
Abhishek Yadav bt Sudhanshu Grover 4-3 (5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9)


Junior Girls singles:
Mallika Bhandarkar bt Manika Batra 4-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8)

Flash news - Arnab Adhikari wins Junior Boy's crown at Baroda

Arnab Adhikari claimed another top victim to emerge champion in the Junior Boy's event at the Central Zone Table Tennis championship at Baroda.

Arnab won 4-1 against Sudhanshu Grover. Earlier, Arnab had scripted a major upset over Abhishek Yadav.