China Summer Training Camp

The Summer Training Camp in the Chinese National Table Tennis Training Center starts from June 20th of 2011 and ends on September 20th 2011. The camps train both professional players and Table Tennis lovers from all over the world.
The duration of training can be chosen among 15 days, 30 days, 45 days and so on.

The fee structure for the training (all inclusive) is as follows:
15days : 1490USD
30 days: 2690USD
45 days: 3990USD
60 days: 5190USD

For more details, contact editor@tabletennisbug.com

The training center

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Welcome the new Table Tennis Celebrity: Lindsey Vonn

Alpine Skier Lindsey Vonn tries her hand at Table Tennis

Lindsey in her more familiar surroundings!

Lindsey Vonn is the new celebrity hooked to Table Tennis. Please welcome her!

Lindsey is a member of the US ski team. She has won three consecutive overall World cup and downhill championships and a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ovtcharov top seed at Brazil Open

The 2011 Brazil Open starts today (09 Jun 2011) and runs until 12 Jun at fabulous Rio de Janerio city. The open tournament is also an ITTF Pro Tour event, where the top seed is the powerful Dmitry Ovtcharov. 


The top ten seeds in the Men's and Women's events are as follows:

Men
       Name                           Country     World Rank

1    OVTCHAROV Dimitrij   GER     15
2    STEGER Bastian   GER     23
3    APOLONIA Tiago   POR     36
4    LI Hu   SIN     38
5    SAIVE Jean-Michel   BEL     41
6    YANG Zi   SIN     43
7    FREITAS Marcos   POR     50
8    MONTEIRO Joao   POR     76
9    ZHAN Jian  SIN     85
10    FILUS Ruwen   GER     97


Women


    Name            Country  World Rank
1    WANG Yuegu   SIN     12
2    LI Jiawei   SIN     23
3    YU Mengyu   SIN     26
4    SUN Beibei   SIN     34
5    YOON Sun Ae   KOR     66
6    ZHENG Jiaqi   USA     144
7    ZHOU Yihan   SIN     198
8    YOON Su Won   KOR     215
9    SILVA Ligia   BRA     241
10    MOON Bo Sun   KOR     248

Table Tennis: Did you know that ......?

Did you know that Sharath Kamal beat the Table Tennis Legend Jan Ove Waldner 3-1 in the German League this year? Yes, Waldner is definitely well past his prime. But it was an interesting tussle indeed!
Scores: Sharath Kamal bt Waldner 3-1 (13-11, 8-11, 11-7 and 11-5.)

Gaurav, Isha win Cadet Crowns

Gaurav Lohapatre, the kid with the never-say-die attitude and Isha Joshi clinched the Cadet Boys and Girls titles at the Le Meridien District Ranking tournament at Deccan Gymkhana Pune.

Gaurav beat Rohan Khivansara in the finals 11-9 11-13 11-2 and 11-8. Earlier, Gaurav had beaten top seed Sanat Bokil in the semi-finals in a pulsating match winning 3-2 from 0-2 down.

West Bengal Table Tennis Tournaments in June and July 2011

The following tournaments will be held in the months of June and July in West Bengal.

JUNE	9th - 12th	Chandernagar TT Champs	II	Tunu Mukherjee	CHN
	22nd - 25th	Cossimbazar TT Champs	III	KAK	WBTTA
JULY	21st - 23rd	North 24 Pgs. Dist. TT Champs	II	Sukanta Sadan	N24 Pgs.

Pune District Ranking Tournament 2011 Kicks off today

The first ranking tournament of the season has started at the Deccan Gymkhana Club, Pune today.

Chinmay Datar, Shubhankar Ranade, Sruja Bhat, Devika Bhide, Adwait Brahme and many others in the juniors and Martand Biniwale, Atul Bapat in the Men's section are some of the top players in this tournament.

Madhukar Lonare will be the Chief referee of the tournament.

For more details, contact editor@tabletennisbug.com

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.