Madhurikaa Patkar and Amalraj win East Zone National Ranking titles

Madhurikaa Patkar and A Amalraj won the Women's and Men's titles at the East Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Siliguri. Sutirtha Mukherjee and Abhishek Yadav and won the Youth titles while, Ayhika and Lalrin Puia won the junior titles.

Scores courtesy TTFI. Photos courtesy ITTF.

Men: Final: A Amal Raj (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) 4-2 (15-13, 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-8,11-8).

Women: Final: Madhurika Patkar bt Mouma Das 4-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-4, 11-7).

Junior Boys: Final: Lalrin Puia (PSPBA) bt Abhishek Yadav (PSPBA) 4-2

Junior Girls: Final: Ayhika Mukherjee (AAI) bt Sagarika Mukherjee (NB) 4-2

Youth Boys: Final: AbhishekYadav (PSPB) bt Sourav Saha (PSPB) 4-2

Youth Girls: Final: Suthirtha Mukherjee (WB) bt Reeth Tennison (PSPB) 4-2

Naina, Manav Thakkar bag East Zone National Table Tennis titles

Naina and Manav Thakkar won the Sub Junior girls and boys titles at the National Table Tennis tournament at Siliguri.
Tanishi Kirtani and Udit Bhattacharya won the Cadet titles.

Results:
Sub-Junior Boys: Final: Manav Thakkar (PSPBA) bt Ronit Bhanja (WB) 4-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6)

Sub-Junior Girls: Final: Naina (AP) bt Moumita Dutta (WB) 4-3 (11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10)

Cadet Boys: Final: Udit Bhattacharya (WB) bt Rohan Ghosh (WB) 4-0 ( 11-8, 11-6, 11-7,11-7)

Cadet Girls: Final: Tanishi Kirtani (Goa) bt Neha Kumari (NB) 4-3 (11-3, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7)

Xu Xin wins the World Cup Table Tennis tournament at Belgium

Top seed Xu Xin won the World Cup Table Tennis tournament at Verviers, Belgium. In the finals, he beat veteran Vladimir Samsonov 11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 11-9,11-7.

In the semi finals, Xu Xin beat a fighting Ovtcharov 4-3, while Samsonov beat Timo Boll, who is trying to come back from injuries.





Ovtcharov beat Timo Boll to bag the third place.

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Timo Boll vs Samsonov live World Cup Table Tennis

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Live Table Tennis Xu Xin vs Ovtcharov

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Sachin Tendulkar and Table Tennis

Sachin can play Table Tennis with either hand - a fact that was disclosed by Irfan Pathan during the inauguration phase of the ITTF Junior tournament at Mumbai. Sachin and Yuvraj play the game at quite a good level.

Sharath Kamal performs creditably at maiden Table Tennis World Cup

Sharath Kamal finished second in one of the toughest groups at the World Cup Table Tennis tournament in Belgium. Nevertheless, a good performance in a consistent year in which he still has a great winning record in the European league matches and thus has the best record for his club team this year.

Both Tang Peng (Hong Kong) and William Henzell (Australia) are seasoned players and have brought great moments for their respective countries.

If Sharath continues to play at this level, it is certain that he will break into the elite players' club.

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Sharath Kamal off to a good start at World Cup Table Tennis 2013

Sharath Kamal is in elite company at the World Cup in Belgium. His competitors include the likes of Xu Xin, Timo Boll, Ovtcharov, Samsonov, among a host of others.

In a Stage 1 match, Sharath snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Australian legend William Henzell 12-14, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3, 12-10. Henzell was the youngest inductee into Australia's Hall of Fame at age 26, at that time, 20 years younger than any other inductee.

Sharath now plays Hong Kong's Tang Peng in a crucial match that will most likely decides who advances to the Stage 2, that has the World's top players waiting. It is worth noting that Sharath Kamal is the first Indian to qualify for this elite championships whose past winners include Waldner, Persson, Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang, Vladimir Samsonov, Ma Lin, Wang Hao (王皓), Timo Boll and Zhang Jike.

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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.

Manav Thakkar and Moumita Datta win Sub Junior titles at West Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Pint-sized Manav Thakkar won the Sub Junior Boys title at the West Zonal National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Thane. The PSPB lad Manav Thakkar beat Rohit Bhanja of North Bengal in the finals. In the Girls finals, Moumita Datta of West Bengal beat Shruti Amrute from the host state.

Udit Bhattacharya and Tulika Roy won the Cadets titles.
Photo: Vikas Thakkar

Scores:
Cadet girls:
Tulika Roy (WB) bt Swastika Ghosh (MHR) 11/4,11/6,11/6,11/9

Cadet boys:
Udit Bhattacharya bt Soham Bhattacharya (WB) 11/4,6/11,7/11,7/11,12/10,11/7,11/5

Sub Junior Girls
Moumita Datta (WB) bt Shruti Amrute (MHR) 11/5,7/11,11/4,11/8,11/9

Sub Junior Boys
Manav Thakkar (PSPB) bt Rohit Bhanja (NB) 11/7,8/11,12/10,8/11,12/10,11/6