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.

West Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Thane

Thane is playing host to the Mayor's Cup West Zone National Table Tennis tournament at the Dadoji Kondeo stadium from October 14 to 19.

Many of the leading international players are expected to participate in the tournament which carries points for Indian national Table tennis ranking.

Around 800 to 900 players are expected to compete for titles in different age groups. Cash prizes of over 500 000 are on offer.

Table Tennis tournaments in and around Maharashtra

Pune District Inter Club at Pune from May 18 to 24. 2015

1st Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament (2015) at Pune from May 25, 2015

Mumbai Suburban District Inter club divisions II to IV at Mumbai from 29 May to 6 June 2015
1st Mumbai 4 Star (MCD/MSD) PRO TT Tournament 10th To 15 June 2015 at
University Pavilion, Marine Lines, Mumbai

Mumbai Super League Table Tennis from June 20-21, 2015
Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana from July 15-19, 2015
Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Sangli from July 21-25, 2015
Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Yavatmal from Aug 5-9, 2015

West Zone National Ranking Table Tennis at Thane from October 14 to 19. 2015 (Tentative)
Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Surat December 16 to 21, 2015

Pooja and Harmeet win prestigious titles at Thane

Pooja Sahasrabudhe and Harmeet Desai won the prestigious Mens and Womens title at the West Zone National Table Tennis Championships at Thane. Pooja beat team mate Madhurika Patkar, while Harmeet beat Sourav Saha.

Sutirtha Mukherjee and Sourav Saha won the Youth girls and boys titles by beating Nikhat Banu and Junior winner Abhishek Yadav in their respective events.

Maharashtra State and Pune District TT Calendar

Here's the tentative Calendar for the 2010 for Maharashtra State and Pune District Table Tennis players. Click the picture to see in detail.
There is an apparent clash around July 15 in the Calendar. We'll keep you updated on this.

Note the following:

PD - Pune District Ranking
SR - Maharashtra State Ranking
WZ - West Zone National Ranking