Sharath Kamal to play in Morocco Open

Sharath Kamal is seeded fourth at the 2011 Morocco Open Hassan II ITTF Pro Tour even at Rabat.

The tournament starts on July 14th and boasts of an impressive line up headed by Vladimir Samsonov. Kasumi Ishikawa is the top seed in the Women's section.

Men's Top seeds

SAMSONOV Vladimir   BLR  SAIVE Jean-Michel   BEL  FREITAS Marcos   POR  ACHANTA Sharath Kamal   IND  MACHADO Carlos   ESP
Women's Top seeds
ISHIKAWA Kasumi   JPN  HIRANO Sayaka   JPN  WANG Yuegu   SIN  YU Mengyu   SIN  SUN Beibei   SIN

Olympic Champ Ryu Weds

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2004 Olympic Table Tennis Champion, Ryu Seung Min exchanged vows with Lee Yun Hee at the Renaissance Seoul Hotel recently.

Ryu has been having a relatively bad patch off late. But here's hoping that his new wife will bring good luck to his TT career.

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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.

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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