Amalraj, Manika bag titles

Anthony Amalraj - the quickest Indian TT player

Two big upsets on the final day of the Inter Institutional Championships 2011.

Amalraj beat India's only truly International player, Sharath Kamal 4-3 (10-12,14-12,11-5,4-11,4-11,11-6,11-7). Manika Batra beat Poulomi Ghatak 4-3 (7-11,8-11,11-5,11-9,11-7,8-11,13-11).

Amalraj went on to bag a double crown by winning the Men's doubles with partner Jubin Kumar

Doubles results

Womens doubles final: 

Madhurika Palkar  and K.Shamini  bt  Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das  (PSPB) 11-9,11-4,11-3

Mens doubles final:

Anthony Amalraj and Jubin Kumar bt  T.Nitin and Sourav Saha 11-6,7-11,11-6,11-8

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New York Open Table Tennis Tournament

2011 NYC Table Tennis Open
Prize money $16,000
Jacob K Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street
New York
NY 10001

The tournament has the support of American Youth Table Tennis Organization (AYTTO). NATT is operating the four-star sanctioned tournament in Manhattan.

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Eight men’s and women’s teams will compete in the Liebherr World Team Cup at Magdeburg from 3rd to 6th November 2011.

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Liebherr World Cup TT Men:China,Germany,Korea,Japan,HK,Russia,Belarus,Hungary Women:S'Pore,China,Japan,Germany,Korea,HK,Hungary,Netherlands

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India TT - The prestigious Inter Institutional Championships start today (17th Aug '11). Finals on 22nd. Editor tabletennisbug.com

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Selim Hajj Nicolas, the President of the Lebanese Table Tennis Federation confirms that Asian TT 2011 has General Michel Sleiman's support

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India West Zone TT Champs to be held in Sep. at Maharashtra has been postponed. New dates awaited.

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Petroleum Sports Board wins again

File photo of old PSPB team

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board won the 2011 edition of the All India Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championships at Bunpur, West Bengal in both the Men's and Women's categories.

In the Men's team event finals they beat Railway Sports Promotion Board 3-0 while their Women scored similarly in their final against Airport Authority of India.

Results:


Men: 

PSPB beat RSPB 3-0
A Sharath Kamal bt G Vinod 11-8, 11-8, 11-2
A Amalraj bt Anirban Nandi 11-5, 11-9, 11-2
Soumyadeep Roy bt Sayan Paul Roy 11-9, 12-10, 11-6

Women:
PSPB beat AAI 3-0
Madhurika Patkar bt A V Niveditha 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-5
Mouma Das bt Nikhat Banu 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
Poulomi Ghatak bt Medha Moitra 11-6, 11-6, 11-9

Inter institutional Championships start today

Winners of the 2010 edition of the Inter Institutionals

India TT - The prestigious Inter Institutional Championships start today (17th Aug '11). Finals on 22nd.

This time around, the Youth players will also battle for honours.

Editor, tabletennisbug.com

India's Best Pro Tour show at Santiago continues

The great news is pouring in from the Chile Pro Tour Table Tennis tournament at Santiago. India returns with a rich haul from the competition at the South American nation.

Sanil Shetty and Sourav Chakraborty

Sourav Chakraborty and Sanil Shetty won the bronze medal in the Men's doubles. Sourav and Sanil played clinically and blanked all their opponents until they ran into the pair who had upset the top seeds in the first round. Cillis Javier and Liu Song beat Sourav and Sanil 4-1 in the semi finals. They had a win over the No. 1 pair Benjamin Rogiers and Yannick Vostes of Belgium.

Sourav and Sanil fought valiantly before bowing down in a close encounter (closer than the score suggests, it had two deep deuce games).

Earlier, Soumyajit sensationally won the U 21 title, a very rare occurrence for an Indian in a Pro Tour. Soumyajit beat Harmeet Desai 4-1, even though he had lost the Men's singles pre quarter tussle with the same player. Hats off to Harmeet too for the great performance in the Men's singles, finals in the U 21 Boys, and a medal in the Men's doubles.

Manika gave a good account of herself by reaching the girls U 21 and upsetting a truly world class player in the bargain.

K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar finished runners up in the Women's doubles, capping an already impressive show by India at the tournament.

All the players will see a good rise in the world rankings that will be released in September.

Manika (Girls), Soumyajit, Harmeet in U 21 finals.

Manika Batra

In a sensational show of strength, the Indians, Manika Batra, Soumyajit Ghosh, and Harmeet Desai reached the finals in their respective U-21 events.

Manika beat the top seed Kazumi Ishikawa 4-2. Kazumi is the World's No. 4 in U 21 and No. 11 among Women!

Soumyajit and Harmeet, the top two seeds in the Boy's event, breezed through 4-0. The Boy's title is assured for India.