Naina, Birdie Boro win sub junior titles

Birdie Boro

Naina (AP) and Birdie Boro won the Sub Junior Girls and Boys titles at the North Zone National Table Tennis Ranking tournament being held at Srinagar.

Naina

Earlier, S Selena Deepthi and Akash Nath had won the Cadet Girls and Boys titles.

Kishikawa bags Japan Open title

Seiya Kishikawa beat his more famed rival, Jun Mizutani to win the Kobe Pro tour title. Kishikawa won 4-1.

Feng Tianwei won the women's title by comprehensively beating Ai Fukahara 4-0.

The highlight of the tournament was a spate of upsets in the initial rounds with a record number of seeds being shown the door in the Men's singles 1st rounds.

Editor

Sharath Kamal will play for Werder Bremen TTC this season

India's Star TT player, Achanta Sharath Kamal will represent the Werder Bremen club this season, which starts in September. In his first season in Germany last year, he played for TSV Gräfelfing. Sharath had an impressive record last year but his team mates perfomances left a lot to be desired.

At Werder Bremen TTC, he will get support from Adrian Crisan, Jens Lundquist and Cioti and have chances to advance in the European leagues.

Live US Open Table Tennis Results and Updates

The Indian Junior Boys and Girls teams won the team titles at the US Open at Milwaukee!! While the Indian A team beat Wang Hui club -2 in the finals, the Girls team beat their compatriots, India B to bag the title.

Lalrin Puia won the Boy's U-13 title. K Spoorthy lost in the finals of the Girl's section.

 

Manika Batra won the Junior Girls title beating Reeth Rishya 3-2 in the finals.

Harmeet Desai won the Junior Boys crown beating Yang Liang in the finals 3-2.

Peter Karlsson at Indore to train Indian Table Tennis prospects

Peter Karlsson is in Indore to conduct a special training camp for Indian juniors. The training is being conducted by TTFI and Madhya Pradesh Table Tennis Associations at the World Class Abhay Prashal Stadium. The camp will go on for a week. A total of 10 coaches and 72 players are involved in this program. The sessions will be done on 24 tables consecutively. Karlsson was in Pune recently, where he conducted similar sessions.

Karlsson in a former European and World Champion. He is the brand ambassador of Stag, a sports goods manufacturer.


Karlsson praised the recent performance of Indian juniors and he thinks that Indian players can go a long way.

US Open Table Tennis 2011, Milwaukee Wisconsin - Points to remember

Def Leppard performing at Summerfest

• The US Para Open takes place in early July. Plan to go and cheer the participants. Celebrate their spirit.
• Visit the Harley-Davidson Musuem or the Art Museum
• Stay at Hilton Milwaukee City Center or Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
• American Idol auditions happening at Milwaukee
•  Summerfest, the world's largest music festival, occurs during the US open timeframe. Check out a sample of who is performing!!!

  - June 29 - Peter Gabriel, Matisyahu, Meatloaf & Jack’s Mannequinn
  - June 30 - Kanye West and Kid Cudi
  - July 1st - Toby Keith
  - July 5th - Def Leppard

Tamil Nadu State Ranking and Inter district championships at Dindigul

The PSNA College’s fourth Tamil Nadu State ranking table tennis tournament and inter-district championships will be organised by the Dindigul District TTA at the PSNA College of Engineering and Technology Sports Complex, Dindigul.

The State-ranking tournament will be held from June 30 to July 1, the inter-district tournament will be held on July 2 and 3.

Entries close on June 18 with J. Selvakumar, Joint Secretary, TNTTA, Flat No.5, II Floor, Indus Jubilee Manor, 38, Tank Bund Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai; Ph: 94441 44482, 28256169.

LAVA OPEN and Delhi State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2011

Manika Batra captured a nice double, but was surprisingly beaten by Nikita Rautela in the Women's singles final at the Lava open and Delhi State Ranking TT tournament. 
Pranshu Gupta also won two titles - the prestigious Men's title and the Youth Boy's title.

Results : MEN Singles

Round :S FINAL

SAMEER SAHNI bt YAKSHAP JINDAL

4 11 13 8 11 9

1 4 11 11 2 2

PRANSHU GUPTA bt SARTHAK GANDHI

4 11 7 11 11 11

1 9 11 5 6 9

Round :FINAL

PRANSHU GUPTA bt SAMEER SAHNI

4 5 16 9 12 11 6 11

3 11 14 11 10 7 11 9

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES

Round :S FINAL

PRANSHU GUPTA bt UTKARSH GUPTA

4 11 8 11 12 12

2 6 11 6 10 10

SARTHAK GANDHI bt ABHISHEK JAGGI

4 9 11 11 9 11 6 11

3 11 8 5 11 6 11 9

Round :FINAL

PRANSHU GUPTA bt SARTHAK GANDHI

4 11 5 11 11 3 11

2 8 11 7 8 11 6

JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES

Round :S FINAL

UTKARSH GUPTA bt ABHISHEK JAGGI

4 7 8 11 8 11 11 11

3 11 11 5 11 4 8 6

PRAKHAR BHATT bt RISHAB SACHDEVA

4 4 11 4 11 11 11 11

3 11 2 11 3 5 3 7

Round :FINAL

PRAKHAR BHATT bt UTKARSH GUPTA

4 6 4 5 11 11 11 11

3 11 11 11 5 9 9 5

WOMEN’S SINGLES

MANIKA BATRA bt SANYA SEHGAL

4 11 11 9 12 11

1 7 7 11 10 8

NIKITA RAUTELA bt TINA KHURANA

4 6 11 11 6 8 11 13

3 11 5 6 11 11 8 11

Round :FINAL

NIKITA RAUTELA bt MANIKA BATRA

4 11 11 11 11

0 4 8 8 5

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES

SANYA SEHGAL bt ESHA MONGA

 4 11 4 11 9 11 11

2 4 11 8 11 8 6

MANIKA BATRA bt AASHITA JAIN

4 11 11 11 11

0 8 6 9 7

Round :FINAL

MANIKA BATRA bt SANYA SEHGAL

4 11 11 11 11

0 8 7 5 8

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES

MANIKA BATRA bt JAGRITI VIRMANI

4 11 11 14 11

0 2 6 12 4

RITI SHANKAR bt HARSHA KALRA

4 13 11 11 6 11

1 11 7 9 11 8

Round :FINAL

MANIKA BATRA bt RITI SHANKAR

4 11 11 11 9 11

1 8 7 7 11 4

Manav Thakkar bags terrific triple

Hardik - Fourth player from left in last year's National Games. Others in the picture are Jignesh, Pathik, Harmeet, and Dharmaraj

Manav Thakkar won an amazing triple crown at recently held 1st Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Sarita Sagar Sports Sankul.

He won the Cadet, Sub Junior, and Junior titles.

Hardik Bhatt won the prestigious Men's singles title beating Ravi Joshi in the finals.

Results

MENS SINGLES

HARDIK BHATT BVN WINNER

RAVI JOSHI BVN RUNERS-UP

WOMENS SINGLES

FRENAZ CHHIPIA SRT WINNER

NARGIS MALUBHAI SRT RUNERS-UP

YOUTH BOYS

RAVI JOSHI BVN WINNER

JALAY MEHTA BRD RUNERS-UP

YOUTH GIRLS

NARGIS MALUBHAI SRT WINNER

NIRJA TRIVEDI SRT RUNERS-UP

JUNIOR BOYS

MANAV THAKKAR SRT WINNER

HARSH SACHNANDANI SRT RUNERS-UP

JUNIOR GIRLS

PALAK NAIK SRT WINNER

FRENAZ CHHIPIA SRT RUNERS-UP

SUB-JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES

MANAV THAKKAR SRT WINNER

NILAY THAKKAR SRT RUNERS-UP

SUB JUNIOR GIRLS

SIMIN ATODARIYA SRT WINNER

VIDHI UPADHYAY PBR RUNERS-UP

CADET BOYS SINGLES

MANAV THAKKAR SRT WINNER

NILAY THAKKAR SRT RUNERS-UP

CADET GIRLS SINGLES

AARUSHI NANDWANI SRT WINNER

SANSKRITI MALPANI SRT RUNERS-UP

Noel is the star of Dombivli; Shweta continues domination

Noel Pinto scored a memorable double at the 2nd Maharashtra State Ranking tournament at Dombivli 2011. In the Youth finals, he beat the sensation of the Deccan Gymkhana tournament, Sanmay Paranjape and in the Men's finals, he beat experienced Eric Fernandes. He displayed his percentage game in good measure in beating his more fancied rivals.

Shweta Parte

Shweta won a double in the Women's and Youth girls singles to continue her domination this season.

Final Day results

JUNIOR BOYS (UNDER 17 YEARS) – SEMI FINALS

Nishaad Shah(MSD) [Seed - 1] Bt Chinmay Datar(PNA) [Seed - 5] 11/7,8/11,4/11,11/9,6/11,11/8,12/10

Jay Shroff(MSD) [Seed - 3] Bt Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP) [Seed - 2]

8/11,11/8,11/4,11/6,11/6

JUNIOR BOYS (UNDER 17 YEARS) – FINAL

Jay Shroff(MSD) [Seed - 3] Bt Nishaad Shah(MSD) [Seed - 1]

11/8,11/9,9/11,11/5,12/14,11/7

JUNIOR GIRLS (UNDER 17 YEARS) –SEMI FINALS

Senhora Dsouza(MCD) [Seed - 1] Bt Shirin Inamdar(THN) [Seed - 5]

11/6,11/3,11/5,3/11,7/11,11/6

Rutuja Khopkar(THN) [Seed - 2] Bt Jagruti Murbadkar(THN) [Seed - 6]

11/8,16/14,11/1,6/11,11/4

JUNIOR GIRLS (UNDER 17 YEARS) FINAL

Rutuja Khopkar(THN) [Seed - 2] Bt Senhora Dsouza(MCD) [Seed - 1]

6/11,10/12,15/13,5/11,11/8,12/10,11/8

YOUTH GIRLS (UNDER 19 YEARS) –SEMI FINALS

Senhora Dsouza(MCD) [Seed - 1] Bt Vedika Garg(THN) [Seed - 4]

11/8,11/9,4/11,11/8,12/10

Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed - 2] Bt Sayali Deshpande(PNA) [Seed - 6]

11/3,6/11,11/5,10/12,11/3,11/9

YOUTH GIRLS (UNDER 19 YEARS) –FINAL

Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed - 2] Bt Senhora Dsouza(MCD) [Seed - 1]

12/10,11/4,12/10,11/3

YOUTH BOYS (UNDER 19 YEARS) –SEMI FINALS

Sanmay Paranjape(PNA) [Seed - 1] Bt Zubin Taraporwala(THN) [Seed - 5]

11/9,12/10,11/3,8/11,11/2

Noel Pinto(MSD) [Seed - 2] Bt Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP) [Seed - 3]

11/13,7/11,11/6,11/6,9/11,11/9,11/6

YOUTH BOYS (UNDER 19 YEARS) – FINAL

Noel Pinto(MSD) [Seed - 2] Bt Sanmay Paranjape(PNA) [Seed - 1]

12/14,11/6,11/4,11/7,7/11,11/8

WOMENS SINGLES–SEMI FINALS

Prajakta Tipale(THN) [Seed - 1] Bt Vedika Garg(THN) [Seed - 4]

11/6,11/7,11/7,8/11,13/15,11/5

Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed - 2] Bt Runa Roy(MSD) [Seed - 3]

11/7,11/4,5/11,11/9,11/3

WOMENS SINGLES–FINAL

Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed - 2] Bt Prajakta Tipale(THN) [Seed - 1]

9/11,11/3,11/8,11/7,11/3

MENS SINGLES–SEMI FINALS

Noel Pinto(MSD) [Seed - 2] Bt Sanmay Paranjape(PNA) [Seed - 6]

12/10,11/7,11/9,11/4

Eric Fernandes(MSD) [Seed - 1] Bt Nilesh Pandhirkar(MSD) [Seed - 13]

11/6,11/7,11/4,11/9

MENS SINGLES–FINAL

Noel Pinto(MSD) [Seed - 2] Bt Eric Fernandes(MSD) [Seed - 1]

8/11,11/8,9/11,11/9,11/7,6/11,11/8