World Junior Table Tennis Championships at Hyderabad. Indian Girls shine

Photo courtesy ITTF.com Manika Batra in action

The Indian Girls upset higher seeded France and now face The Netherlands in a playoff for the 11-12th places. Manika Batra shone for the hosts. The Boys, however, could not make it to the top 12.

Hong Kong and the United States booked quarterfinals. The US has so far put up an impressive but unexpected good performance.

Table Tennis news bites

News Bites:
Pooja Sahasrabuddhe won the Women's Singles Title at Maldives in the Golden Jubilee Invitational tournament. She beat Neha Aggarwal of India in the finals.

Aniket Koparkar lost to higher ranked Lennart Wehking in the semi-finals.
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The Indian Junior Boy's team reached the elite 1-12 stage in the World Juniors Table Tennis Championships being held at Bratislava. They play France today.