Indians in the main draw at WTTC, Rotterdam

Mouma, Madhurika, and Poulomi made it to the main draw of the World Table Tennis Championships at Rotterdam!

All the Indian Men players in the fray (Abhisek, Soumyadeep, Subhajit, Amalraj) in the qualifiers topped their groups and progressed to the elimination round (before main draw), but they could not make it further. Amalraj and Subhajit lost one round before the main draw.

Of course, needless to say, Sharath Kamal is already in the main draw.

World Table Tennis Championships 2011 kicks off

The World TT Championships (WTTC) start on 8th, but the accredition process has begun today (May 5th).

The biggest event of the season with record participation will see the cream of the World Table Tennis scene in action at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The favourites in almost all categories, China, applied finishing touches to their preparation at the Werner Schlager academy and are all set to dominate the opposition. The event is unlikely to be affected by the withdrawal of leading European stars like Michael Maze and Werner Schlager.

Indian men finish 29th, women 37th at the WTTC

Indian men finished 29th while the women finished 37th in the World Team Table Tennis Championships held at Moscow.

In the play off for the 29th spot, India beat Brazil 3-1 even though it did not field the star player - Sharath Kamal.
In an earlier match, India had lost to Serbia after it was relegated to the 25-36 position play off. In the league matches, India lost the crucial tie to Belgium.