Sanmay repeats double with authority

Sanmay Paranjape won the Youth and Men's titles at Nagpur. This time he won both the finals 4-0.

Vedika Garg won the Women's title, while Sruja Bhat grabbed the Youth girls crown. Pune dominated the tournament by winning the Junior Boys and Girls crown when Chinmay Datar and Devika Bhide won.

Details and results to follow.

The Gritty Jan Ove Waldner! Read this.

Excerpt from an amazing article:

Summer 1980:
Jan-Ove Waldner visits China for the first time. The boy, who already has the reputation of a prodigy, plays in front of 12,000 enthusiastic spectators at the Shanghai Open. He experiences hard training for the first time in his life. The caretaker, of the hall in which he is practising, challenges him to a match and wins easily. Jan-Ove plays against many Chinese teenagers and loses many matches. Nevertheless, he learns from every encounter. He stores techniques, tactics and countless details in his brain. Deep in his subconscious mind burns the passion of this small boy: I'll show them! I'll beat the lot of them!".

Read the fascinating rise and rise of the Table Tennis legend Jan Ove Waldner at the following URL: http://www.tabletennis-sportsm​adison.com/en/action-contingut​s.continguts+subcat-731/The+Ja​n-Ove+Waldner+story.htm

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Nagpur State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament Results 2011

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES

Quarter	Sanmay Paranjape(PNA)  [Seed - 1] Bt Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD) [Seed - 8]	11/7,11/6,11/8,11/6
Quarter	Shubhankar Renavikar(PNA)  [Seed - 6] Bt Chinmay Datar(PNA) [Seed - 3]	11/5,9/11,11/9,11/7,11/6
Quarter	Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP)  [Seed - 4] Bt Sanish Ambekar(THN) [Seed - 12]	14/12,10/12,11/6,11/5,12/10
Quarter	Paresh Murekar(MCD)  [Seed - 10] Bt Rohan Sameer Kulkarni(PNA) [Seed - 15]	11/9,11/4,11/7,10/12,8/11,11/7

YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES

Quarter	Sayali Deshpande(PNA)  [Seed - 2] Bt Sanika Divekar(THN) [Seed - 10]	11/7,11/5,7/11,11/7,11/9
Quarter	Vedika Garg(THN)  [Seed - 1] Bt Jagruti Murbadkar(THN) [Seed - 9]	11/4,11/6,11/7,11/4
Quarter	Sruja Bhat(PNA)  [Seed - 3] Bt Rutuja Khopkar(THN) [Seed - 6]	11/9,11/9,12/10,4/11,10/12,4/11,11/8
Quarter	Devika Bhide(PNA)  [Seed - 5] Bt Shirin Inamdar(THN) [Seed - 4]	11/5,11/5,11/8,7/11,8/11,11/6

MENS SINGLES

Quarter	Sanmay Paranjape(PNA)  [Seed - 1] Bt Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD)	9/11,11/7,11/5,11/2,8/11,11/4
Quarter	Eric Fernandes(MSD)  [Seed - 2] Bt Atul Bapat(PNA) [Seed - 7]	11/8,11/7,11/7,13/11
Quarter	Chaitanya Udare(thn)(THN)  [Seed - 12] Bt Mahendra Chiplunkar(MCD) [Seed - 13]	11/6,6/11,9/11,6/11,11/5,11/9,11/8
Quarter	Rohit Chaudhary(PNA)  [Seed - 6] Bt Jay Shroff(MSD) [Seed - 14]	11/2,11/4,8/11,11/9,10/12,12/10

WOMENS SINGLES

Quarter	Devika Bhide(PNA)  [Seed - 4] Bt Sanika Muley(ABD)	11/3,6/11,11/6,11/8,11/4
Quarter	Sanika Divekar(THN)  [Seed - 8] Bt Prajakta Tipale(THN) [Seed - 1]	14/12,11/9,13/11,2/11,7/11,11/5
Quarter	Deepti Chaphekar(PNA)  [Seed - 3] Bt Shirin Inamdar(THN) [Seed - 6]	11/7,17/15,11/4,11/6
Quarter	Vedika Garg(THN)  [Seed - 2] Bt Sayali Deshpande(PNA) [Seed - 7]	11/3,8/11,11/9,11/4,10/12,8/11,11/5

Nagpur State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament Results

 

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES

Quarter	Jagruti Murbadkar(THN)  [Seed - 5] Bt Sruja Bhat(PNA) [Seed - 4]	11/7,11/9,9/11,13/11,1/11,12/10
Quarter	Rutuja Khopkar(THN)  [Seed - 1] Bt Noopur Walve(THN) [Seed - 8]	13/11,14/12,11/6,11/6
Quarter	Sanika Muley(ABD)  [Seed - 6] Bt Shirin Inamdar(THN) [Seed - 3]	13/11,5/11,11/9,13/11,5/11,11/9
Quarter	Devika Bhide(PNA)  [Seed - 2] Bt Sanika Divekar(THN) [Seed - 7]	6/11,11/8,9/11,11/9,13/11,12/10

JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES

Quarter	Shubhankar Renavikar(PNA)  [Seed - 3] Bt Neel Joshi(PNA) [Seed - 6]	11/6,11/6,11/3,12/10
Quarter	Chinmay Datar(PNA)  [Seed - 4] Bt Parth Phansekar(THN) [Seed - 5]	5/11,13/11,11/6,7/11,11/5,11/6
Quarter	Sanish Ambekar(THN)  [Seed - 9] Bt Jay Shroff(MSD) [Seed - 1]	11/7,11/9,7/11,11/7,9/11,11/9
Quarter	Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP)  [Seed - 2] Bt Sarvesh Chandratre(NSK) [Seed - 7]	9/11,11/7,11/7,11/6,11/5

Abhishek puts up a brilliant show; Juniors give Chinese a huge scare

Asian Junior Table Tennis, Delhi

Sourav Saha lost to World No.18 after leading 3-0. Harmeet Desai lost close 2-4 to World No.4. Sathiyan lost to world No. 2, 4-3.

In the Cadet Boy's, Abhishek Yadav beat top seed, Lim Jong Hoon and reached the semi-finals. He also qualified for the World Junior circuit finals and the Global Cadet challenge. Congrats to all the players for a brilliant show in the team and singles events.

Timo Boll and Ma Lin advance to the Champions Group of Chinese Super League

Timo Boll playing on the same side as Ma Lin for Zhejiang, advanced to the Champions group. The other group is the Relegation group. The matches start on 5th August 2011.

Do you have Table Tennis Ball Control?

Chris Daffin and Steven Randell failed in an attempt recently to break the World Record for Table Tennis Bat and Ball control, but did raise 600 pounds (Rs. 43,000) for charity.

The longest control of a table tennis ball with a table tennis bat is 4 hours, 39 minutes, 52 seconds and was achieved by Deepak Sharma Bajagain (Nepal) at the National Sports Council's Covered Hall in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal, on 1 December 2009.  (Source - Guiness World Records)

Deepak Bajgain - Current record holder

Upcoming Table Tennis Tournaments

Karnataka State-ranking table tennis tournament at Tilakwadi Club, Belgaum
[Jul 21 2011 - 24 Jul 2011] 
Maharashtra State Ranking Tournament
[23 Jul 2011 - 27 Jul 2011]

Maharaj Bag Club, Amravati Road, Near Bhole Petrol Pump, Dharampeth, Opp. RTO Office, Nagpur – 440010 
45th Hero Honda Haryana Inter District and Open Table Tennis Championships,2011
[ 28 Jul 2011  -  03 Aug 2011 ]
Highway Dhani,Rohtak 
Maharashtra State Ranking Tournament[2 Aug 2011 - 6 Aug 2011] 

Sahayog Mandir,Sahayog Mandir Path, Off Ram Maruti Road , Ghantali , Thane ( West ).

Jean Michel Saive advances to the finals after beating Sharath Kamal

Sharath lost in the Semis of the Morocco Pro Tour against experienced Jean Michel Saive. Sharath had his chances, but he went down 2-4.

The good news is that he is clawing back to form and this is his best performance of the current season.

Sharath in the Semi finals of the Morocco Open

Sharath beat E Lebesson 4-3 after saving two match points when he was down 8-10 in the decider in the Quarter finals of the Pro Tour Table Tennis tournament at Morocco. Earlier, he was down 1-3 in games. Brilliant comeback.

Please pass the message to your TT friends.
Congrats Champ! You are now in the Semi Finals. Seeding justified.

Editor