India at the US Open Table Tennis 2011

Sharath Kamal won the 2010 edition of the US open. He is currently listed as the 3rd seed according to the ratings. The current list of Indian Players are as follows. Please note that their entries are pending approval.

USATT ID Name                        Rating     Country

34334    Achanta, Sharath Kamal    2751    India   80036    Batra, Monika    2421    India   85656    Bhandarkar, Mallika Shreerang    0    India   24555    Das, Mouma    2222    India   85662    Das, Priyhdarshani    0    INdia   85654    Desai, Harmeet Rajul    0    India   82743    Dutta, Anuska    1999    India   21668    Ghatak, Poulomi    2397    India   85659    Ghosh, Anirban    0    India   77108    Ghosh, Soumyajit    2452    India   85655    Grover, Sudhanshu    0    India   82737    Gupta, Utkarsh    2411    India   85660    Karivan, Spoorthy    0    India   85658    Kawle, Charvi Rajkunda    0    India   74480    Koparkar, Aniket    0    India   74482    Kumar, Jubin    2628    India   74488    Kumaresan, Shamini    2445    India   85715    Lalrinpuia    0    India   82915    Patkar, Madhurika Suhas    2492    India   85663    Prabhu, Mamata    0    India   85661    Rony, Maria    0    India   24543    Roy, Soumyadeep    2619    India   80026    Saha, Sourav    2553    India   77104    Sahasrabudhe, Pooja Vijay    2204    India   74479    Shetty, Sanil Shankar    2642    India   100016    Sudarshan, Prabhakar    0    India   85742    Sushmit, Sriram    0    India   85657    Tennison, Reeth Rishya    0    India   80032    Yadav, Abhishek    0    India

Sharada Centre wins Pune District Inter Club title

Photo: Courtesy Sruja Bhat

Sharada Centre represented by Upendra Mulye, Chinmay Datar, and Akshay Deshpande beat Deccan Gymkhana E 3-0 to win the Pune Inter Club Championship.

Earlier, in the semi-finals, Sharada Centre beat Deccan Gymkhana B, while the other two semi-finalist teams were from Deccan Gymkhana.

Swedish Coach for India Table Tennis Team

Anders Johansson, a well know Swedish coach is set to take over the reigns of the Indian Table Tennis team. The last foreign coach, Massimo Constantini did not continue after the last Commonwealth and Asian games. Constantini now trains Rajul Seth's wards at the Milpitas center in the US.

Johansson is currently the coach of Ochsenhausen, in the league where India's top player, Sharath Kamal plays.

SAI has agreed to pay $5000 as monthly remuneration, with the remaining costs being borne by the TTFI.

Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

Great players of the last millenium in Karnataka Table Tennis 

The State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held at Cosmos Club, Dharwar from 3rd to 6th June, 2011. The main events will be Men's Singles, Junior's Singles, Sub Junior singles, Cadet's and Team events.


The tournament is expected to attract keen interest among the local talent around Hubli-Dharwar.

Please contact KSTTA at 09844102757 for more details.

Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

The first Open Gujarat Major Ranking Tournament will be held at Surat from 16 – 19 June, 2011.

The competition is expected to attract keen interest, especially since the state's promising Harmeet Desai is making waves even on the international scene.

For more details, please contact Haresh Sangtani, Hon.Secretary, on 09824229165.

Tamil Nadu State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

The first Tamil Nadu State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be conducted by the Centre Court Table Tennis Club at the Hall of Table Tennis, Nehru Stadium from June 10 to 12. Entries are to be sent by June 3.

Contact J. Selvakumar, Joint Secretary, Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Association (TNTTA)

Flat No.5, II Floor, Indus Jubilee Manor, 38, Tank Bund Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-34. Ph: 09444144482/(044) 28256169.

Maharashtra Table Tennis season 2011

The 2011 Maharashtra Table Tennis season begins with the State Ranking tournament at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune from 14th June to 19th June.

The Pune Inter-club championship just concluded and will be followed by the Pune District Ranking tournament, again at Deccan Gymkhana from 4th June.

The second State Ranking will be at Dombivali Gymkhana, Dombivali.

Table Tennis - Did you know?

A Table Tennis Bat

Table Tennis Trivia

• Table Tennis is played in over 200 countries
• Table Tennis is the second highest sport in terms of participation.
• About 300 million (30 Crore) people play Table Tennis in China. It is the largest recreational sport in that country.
• Since 1959, Chinese men have dominated the World Championships and have won the title 60% of the time.
• In April 1972, the US table tennis team were invited to visit China. This was a landmark event in the history of the world and helped improve US and China relations. The event was dubbed "Ping Pong Diplomacy".
• The best performance by an Indian at a world championship was K Nagaraj, who reached the quarter finals at the 1956 edition. Nagaraj unfortunately lost 20-22 in the deciding game. Nagaraj is considered the all-time greatest player of India.
• Uttam Chandarana beat a world champion in Mumbai in 1952
• Gool Nasikwala won the triple crown in the inaugural Asian table tennis championship in Singapore in 1952. No one can dare dream about in India today.

Obama - Who wants to take me on? at Table Tennis

While in the UK, the Obamas received a 41-gun salute as they stood next to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. They then met Prince William and Princess Catherine.

From there, a courtesy call to Downing street to meet the Prime minister Mr. Cameron and wife, Samantha.

Obama and Cameron took on Jason Do and Jamiyu Mojaji at Table Tennis at the Globe Academy in Southwark. The 16 year olds duly beat the national leaders, 11-0 showing no mercy.

Adidas Table Tennis Rubber Review

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They sponsor major tournaments now. You probably have noticed their slick tables on the World tournament circuit.
Their rubbers are bound to give Tenergy a run for their money since they are high performance rubbers at nearly half the price!

Adidas P3 Table Tennis Rubber

Adidas P3 is a rubber that allows a player to hit ultra-sharp topspins. The P3 has enlarged pores in the sponge and the pimples are arranged in such a way that the top spins land with high quality.

The positive aspect is that although the rubber is built for speed, it can be used to play smartly even in defensive positions such as blocking and lobbing!

Adidas R6 Table Tennis Rubber

Those who miss the gluing habit, need not despair. Adidas R6 makes up for it!
The heavy sound that the rubber makes on contact with the ball is the first thing that you notice.

The elastic and soft sponge generates friction and speed during high speed play. It is best for the energetic, fast players who want to play offensively.

Adidas P5 Table Tennis Rubber

The Adidas P5 rubber gives you fruits of the hard labour during training and practice.

Extremely suitable for the loop game and also the loop-to-loop rallies, the forward traction makes sure that the balls always land at the desired areas. The compact top sheet is designed to enable this to happen.

The Adidas P5 rubber is especially suited for players who train intensely and with focus on technique and touch.