Rooney executes a backhand push
Photo courtesy Steve Grant
We all know that Rooney is good with a bigger ball with his feet. He does seem to handle a smaller one with the hands pretty well.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sirisena and Ishara win title at Sri Lanka National Table Tennis Championships
Men's Singles
Rohan Sirisena (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Dinesh Deshappriya ( Sri Lanka Navy) 11/04, 10/12, 10/12, 11/03, 11/05, 11/08
Women’s Singles
Ishara Madurangi (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Nuwani Navodya (Dharmasoka – Ambalangoda) 12/10, 11/06, 08/11, 11/03, 06/11, 10/12,11/08
Monday, January 10, 2011
Picture of the Day: Brian Lara and Table Tennis
We already know Sachin Tendulkar plays Table Tennis. Where there is Sachin, can Lara be far behind?
Brian Lara hints at his Table Tennis intentions. What do you think of the grip? Is it good?
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Amalraj Anthony in the Slovenian Table Tennis League
Did you know that the second highest Internationally ranked Indian Table Tennis player competes in the Slovenian league?
The top players there are Sereda, Klasic, Marek and a generous sprinkling of Chinese (common in almost all top Table Tennis leagues).
Current Standings
| 1. | Amalraj Anthony | MSK Malacky A | 8 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 57 : 8 | 100,00 % |
| 2. | Klásek Marek | Stavoimpex Holíč A | 8 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 45 : 5 | 100,00 % |
| 3. | Wang Yang | Stavoimpex Holíč A | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 36 : 6 | 100,00 % |
| 4. | Mrkvička Radek | Stavoimpex Holíč A | 10 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 55 : 6 | 94,74 % |
| 5. | Bai He | ŠKST Bratislava A | 8 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 48 : 9 | 94,12 % |
| 6. | Gumáň Martin | ŠKST Bratislava A | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 34 : 8 | 91,67 % |
| 7. | Krkoška Peter | ŠKST Bratislava A | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 35 : 10 | 91,67 % |
| 8. | Palček Martin | Stavoimpex Holíč A | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 35 : 10 | 91,67 % |
| 9. | Illáš Erik | SK SATEX Int. A | 9 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 56 : 16 | 85,71 % |
| 10. | Jaslovský Martin | SK SATEX Int. A | 10 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 57 : 23 | 81,82 % |
Player Profile: India's top Defense Player - R Abishek
| NAME : | R.ABISHEK |
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| DATE OF BIRTH : | 29th December, 1987 |
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| FATHER’S NAME : | P.J.RAVICHANRAN |
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| MOTHER’S NAME : | USHA |
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| SPORT : | Table Tennis |
| PRACTISING CENTRE : | Lord’s Table Tennis Academy, Chennai |
| EDUCATION : | B.Com |
ACHIEVEMENTS:
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 – BRONZE MEDAL – TEAM
CURRENT WORLD RANK - 231
ITTF PRO TOUR HARMONY CHINA OPEN, 2010
- ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 BY OVERCOMING WORLD NO. 152 & 229 IN THE GROUP STAGE
- ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 AND BEAT WORLD NO. 394 & 573 IN THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS
ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 BY BEATING 3 HIGHER WORLD RANKED PLAYERS (WORLD NO. 232, 354 & 650) IN THE GROUP STAGE.
US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, 2010
ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 BEATING WORLD NO. 423 IN THE GROUP STAGE
ITTF PRO TOUR KUWAIT OPEN, KUWAIT CITY, 2010
ITTF PRO TOUR GERMAN OPEN, BERLIN, 2010
3RD WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, LINZ, AUSTRIA, 2005
FINISHED AS JUNIOR WORLD RANK 60 FOR THE YEAR 2005
11TH ASIAN JUNIOR T.T CHAMPIONSHIPS, NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2005
11TH SOUTH ASIAN JUNIOR T.T CHAMPIONSHIPS (SAF), NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2005
GOLD - TEAM EVENTS
SILVER - INDIVIDUALS
BRONZE - MIXED DOUBLES
10TH SOUTH ASIAN JUNIOR T.T CHAMPIONSHIPS (SAF), NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2004
GOLD - INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS
BRONZE - MIXED DOUBLES
CURRENT NATIONAL RANK IN MEN- NO.2
2009-10 : NATIONAL RANK NO.7 IN MEN
2007-08: NATIONAL RANK NO.1 IN U-21
2003-04 : JUNIORS NATIONAL RANK NO 2
2003-04 : NATIONAL CHAMPION IN DOUBLES
Friday, January 7, 2011
Celebrities who play Table Tennis
Sachin sharing your passion
We all know that Table Tennis is a hugely popular sport, played in over 200 countries around the world. Did you know that Sachin Tendulkar, Salman Rushdie, Vladimir Putin, Prince Charles, Bill Clinton, Hu Jintao and many others share this passion?We will share some names and photographs on this Web site.
- Sachin Tendulkar (again)
- Salman Rushdie - Famous Author
- Shirley Temple - Famous Actress
- Susan Sarandon - Actress (Big one - Co-owner of SPiN, New York TT and Social Club. Thanks Sushrut!)
- David Cameron - Prime Minister of England
- Goh Chok Tong - Former Prime Minister of Singapore
- Lee Kuan Yew- Former Prime Minister Singapore
- Tony Blair - Prime Minister of United Kingdom
- Camilla Parker Bowles - Duchess of Cornwall
- Prince Charles of Britain
- George H.W. Bush
- Felipe Calderon - President of Mexico
- Bill & Hillary Clinton - President and First Lady US (1993-2001)
- Hu Jintao - Chinese president
- Richard Nixon - Ex US President
- Göran Persson - Former Prime Minister of Sweden
Ariel Hsing is the Youngest ever US Table Tennis Champ
Ariel Hsing became the youngest ever US Table Tennis Champion. She beat Lily Zhang in the finals. Ariel also won the U-21 Women's title.
Titles in the junior and cadet girls was the consolation for Lily Zhang.
Both Ariel and Lily train at Rajul Seth's ICC at Milpitas, California. Timothy Wang, the Men's Champion from Texas also attends camps and private training sessions at the ICC.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Timo Boll is World No. 1 after a 8 year gap
India's shining star, Sharath Kamal is on the 40th spot in the list.
However, the biggest news for India from the lists are the huge jumps by Soumyajit Ghosh, Gnanasekharan Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai, who occupy the 29th, 40th and 44th position in the Under 18 Boy's section.
Mallika Bhandarkar and Manika Batra have also moved up impressively in the Girl's U-18 section.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Sharath's brilliant win over World no. 18 Christian Suss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YThCe6OS7-8
Happy New Year to all our readers
- From the www.tabletennisbug.com team
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