Table Tennis Event Updates

Ma Long recently won the Austrian Open beating current World Champion Zhang Jike by the thinnest of margins 11-3,5-11,11-8,6-11,11-9,4-11,15-13. Ding Ning won the Women's title.
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Ankita Das

India dominating the show at the ONGC 2011 Indian Junior & Cadet Open Table Tennis Tournament - ITTF Premium Junior Circuit,28 Sep 2011 - 02 Oct 2011, Dehradun, India.

India A and B teams are set to clash in the finals of both the Boy's and Girls section. Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Mallika Bhandarkar, Ankita Das, Reeth Tennison spearhead India's challenge. 

Boy's Semi finals:
India A bt Thailand 3-0
SRIRAM Sushmit bt KUNPRASERT Peerapol 3-1
DESAI Harmeet  bt POUNGSRI Max
DESAI Harmeet and GHOSH Soumyajit  bt  KUNPRASERT Peerapol POUNGSRI Max 3-0


India B bt Chinese Taipei 3-1

Girls Semi finals

India A bt Chinese Taipei 3-1

India B bt Thailand 3-1

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Table Tennis Rule Change?

Li Jia Wei serving

There is a lot of buzz on the international Table Tennis forums about the proposed new rules.

How about this?
The loser of the previous point gets a chance to serve, even if the opponent has not served twice!
So, if this rule is approved, there will no longer be 2 serves per player and one each after 10-10.

Let us know your opinion on this.

There is also a controversy and outrage over a proposed increase of the size of the ball further. Thankfully, it is just around a milimeter more. Another proposal under serious consideration is to remove the seam of the ball and ban celluloid.

Chaudhari and Shweta win titles University Pavilion Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

Rohit Chaudhari and Shweta Parte won the Men's and Women's titles at the Maharashtra State Ranking TT tournament at Mumbai's University pavilion.

While Rohit beat young Ravindra Kotiyan quite easily, Shweta beat Prajakta Tipale of Thane in a close encounter.

Cadet Girls:
Payal Bohra(MSD)Bt Srushti Haleangadi(MSD) 6/11,12/10,11/9,11/6           
       
Cadet Boys
Shaurya Pednekar bt S Ashwin 11/8,11/8,5/11,8/11,11/6

SUB JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES

Advait Brahme(PNA)  [Seed - 6] Bt Jignesh Rahatwal(MSD)
[Seed - 16]         11/5,5/11,11/2,12/10,11/5           
       
SUB JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES
Shruti Amrute(THN)  [Seed - 2] Bt Dyuti Patki(MSD) [Seed -4]         11/7,11/8,11/5,8/11,7/11,11/3

JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES
Devika Bhide(PNA)  [Seed - 2] Bt Rutuja Khopkar(THN) [Seed - 1]         11/9,11/8,11/6,6/11,11/6

JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES

Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD) Bt Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP)        13/11,11/8,8/11,11/9,8/11,11/5

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES

Shubhankar Renavikar(PNA)  Bt Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD) 10/12,10/12,14/12,11/9,11/9,5/11,11/4


YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES
Vedika Garg(THN)  [Seed - 3] Bt Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed -1]         11/8,14/12,11/7,11/7

Marine Lines Maharashtra Table Tennis State Ranking Tournament

The State Ranking Table Tennis tourney at Marine lines has started on the 19th and will go on up to the 23rd at the University Pavilion.

We will publish the results as soon as we start receving updates.

Editor

Ma Lin's multi ball practice session

Watch Ma Lin's multi ball practice. He is known to be a beast in training and never tires even though he is almost nearing a decade and a half of World Class competitive play!



Editor

Ai Fukuhara, a hugeTable Tennis Star

Ai is a huge star not only in Table Tennis in her country, but is a celebrity overall. She is an Olympian and a contender at major championships.

She has featured in two Table Tennis video games - Ikuze! Onsen Takkyū!! (Do it! Hot Spring Table Tennis!!) and Fukuhara Ai No Takkyū Icchokusen (Ai Fukuhara's Table Tennis) for Play Station 2.

She has carried the Olympic flame in Tokyo in 2004 and in 2008 at Beijing (where she was the nation's flag bearer).


Ai speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. Such is her popularity, that she has featured in events with Chinese Premier Hu Jintao and Jackie Chan.

Panjim Gymkhana Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

An old photo of a program at Panjim Gymkhana

The Panjim Gymkhana Major Ranking Table Tennis tournament for Junior boys and girls and Senior boys and girls will be held from September 13-18 at Panjim Gymkhana premises, Campal, Panaji.

The event is recognized by Goa Table Tennis Association and is expected to attract good participation.

Panjim Gymkhana phone number - (0832) 2225818.

British Premier League Table Tennis matches

Ryan Jenkins

Fixtures for this weekend (17-18 September 2011)

Match                                                   Venue              Day and Time

Barrow I v Wymondham Grantham         BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    11:00   
Drumchapel Glasgow I v Fusion I            BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    11:00   
Sycamore I v London Progress I             BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    11:00   
Westfield I v B-BATT Pavilion I             BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    11:00   
Fusion I v Barrow I                                BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    03:00   
Drumchapel Glasgow I v Westfield I        BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    03:00   
Wymondham Grantham v Sycamore I            BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    03:00   
London Progress I v B-BATT Pavilion I        BATTS TTC    Sat 17/12/2011    03:00   
Barrow I v Drumchapel Glasgow I            BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    10:00   
Sycamore I v Fusion I                BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    10:00   
B-BATT Pavilion I v Wymondham Grantham        BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    10:00   
Westfield I v London Progress I            BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    10:00   
Westfield I v Barrow I                BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    02:00   
Sycamore I v Drumchapel Glasgow I        BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    02:00   
B-BATT Pavilion I v Fusion I            BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    02:00   
London Progress I v Wymondham Grantham        BATTS TTC    Sun 18/12/2011    02:00    

Wang Liqin gifts his girlfriend Liu Yanchi a car?

Liu Yanchi, Wang Liqin's girlfriend

There were rumours that Wang Liqin gifted a car to his gorgeous girlfriend of two years, Liu Yanchi. Yanchi denied the rumours but said that she and Liqin were planning to get married after he gets time away from his career, Table Tennis.

Yanchi also said that she and Liqin attended a party were he had a few drinks and so she decided to drive him back home. She said the car was Liqin's and is three years old.

Liu Yanchi is a famous anchor in Shanghai.

Zhejiang wins Chinese Super League 2011 and duly thanks Timo Boll

Team mates Timo Boll and Ma Lin played for Zhejiang

Zhejiang won the 2011 version of the Chinese Table Tennis Super League - the toughest team Table Tennis tournament on the planet.

There were 3 legs and the two finalists were tied 1-1 after the first two (Zhejian beat Bazhou at home 3-2, Bazhou bt Zhejiang 3-1 at home). Zhejiang clinched the decider of the decider 3-2. Ma Lin was the star member of Zhejiang throughout and was assisted by Timo Boll in the initial phases.

It is interesting to note that Zhejiang profusely thanked Timo Boll for his contribution to the team's victory. Timo was unable to play in the finals as he was already back in Germany to play for his home club.