Zhang Jike awarded lavish gift for Olympic gold medal

London Olympic gold medallist, Zhang Jike has been given a home of 120 sq meters with a sea view in the coastal city of Qingdao.

Jike not only won the Gold medal but helped his team to the team gold, although he lost his singles match to Timo Boll.

Thane State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

Winners of the recent Thane State Ranking Tournament:

Cadet Boys:

Regan Albuerqueque(MSD)  [Seed - 4] Bt Chinmay Somaiya(MSD) [Seed - 10]

11/8,7/11,11/3,11/5

Cadet Girls Manushree Patil(MSD)  [Seed - 2] Bt Pooja Anam(MSD) [Seed - 4] 4/11,13/11,11/8,11/ 8 Sub Junior Girls Manasi Chajed(PNA)  [Seed - 6] Bt Shruti Amrute(THN) [Seed - 1] 11/4,11/6,11/8,13/1 1 Junior Boys Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD)  [Seed - 3] Bt Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP) [Seed - 4]     10/12,13/11,11/5,11/7,6/11,8/11,11/5 Junior Girls Mallika Bhandarkar(NGP)  [Seed - 1] Bt Senhora Dsouza(MCD) [Seed - 2]     8/11,11/8,11/9,14/12,12/10 Youth Boys Chinmay Datar(PNA)  [Seed - 2] Bt Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD) [Seed - 4] 11/3,11/6,11/6,11/9 Youth Girls Mallika Bhandarkar(NGP)  [Seed - 1] Bt Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed - 2] 14/12,11/2,11/8,11/ 7 Men's Singles Noel Pinto(MSD)  [Seed - 1] Bt Eric Fernandes(MSD) [Seed -2]     9/11,13/11,9/11,12/10,11/8,11/7 Women's Singles Mamta Prabhu(THN)  [Seed - 2] Bt Divya Deshpande(PNA) [Seed - 1]     12/10,8/11,11/6,11/5,11/9

Killerspin Table Tennis Festival

Killerspin is conducting an amazing event as a part of it's 10th anniversary. Leading Olympic and World Champions will participate in the event to be held at Chicago's beautiful landmarks.
Tickets are available here:
http://tabletennisfestival.eventbrite.com/

INVITED PLAYERS

Table Tennis Champion and International Star BiBa will be joined by US Champions Ilija Lupulesku and 16 year old phenom Ariel; World and Olympic Champions Zhang Jike, Wang Liqin, Chen Qi, Ma Lin and Ding Ning from China. Olympic Champion Ryu Seung Min and other champions from Korea, Europe and Brazil will also be competing.

INVITED PLAYERS — MEN'S TEAMS

• Chen Qi, Zhang Jike,
• Wang Liqin, Wang Hao or Ma Lin
• Kalinikos Kreanga, Bojan Tocik
• Ryu Sean Min, Kim Min Seok

INVITED PLAYERS — WOMEN'S TEAMS

• Ding Ning, BiBa
• Ariel Hsing, Jessica Yamada

INVITED PLAYERS — MEN'S TEAMS — MASTERS Master's Team 1 — Jorgen Persson, Chen Weixing

Master's Team 2 — Zoran Primorac, Aleksandar Karakasevic

ADDITIONAL INVITED PLAYERS

• Ilija Lupulesku
• Juniors — Michael Tran, Este, TBD

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Soumyajit, Poulomi shine at the Inter institutional Table Tennis Championships

Soumyajit Ghosh and Poulomi Ghatak won grand double crowns at the All India Inter-institutional Table Tennis Championships.

Soumyajit beat Sharath Kamal 4-1 while Poulomi beat Divya Deshpande by the same margin. Earlier, Soumyajit had beaten reigning national champion, A Amalraj in the semi finals.

Results:

Men’s singles: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Achanta Sharath Kamal (PSPB) 4-1 (15-13, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 15-13).

Semifinals: A Sharath Kamal bt Harmeet Desai 4-2 (13-11,11-9,9-11, 8-11,12-10,11-8), Soumyajit Ghosh bt Amalraj 4-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3).

Doubles: Harmeet Desai/Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Devesh Karia/Sayan Paul Roy (CRSB) 4-1 (10-12, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8).

Women’s singles: Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Divya Deshpande (PSPB) 4-1 (10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8).

Semifinals: Poulomi Ghatak bt Ankita Das 4-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4), Divya Deshpande bt Mousmi Paul 4-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6).

Doubles: Poulomi Ghatak/Mouma Das (PSPB) bt K. Shamini/Mousmi Paul (PSPB) 3-2 (10-12, 10-12, 11-2, 12-10, 12-10).

Mustafa Erbas encourages Edmonton seniors to play Table Tennis to stay fit

Read how the Veterans of Edmonton are getting fitter by the day by playing Table Tennis at the Central Lions Recreation Centre gym.

Mustafa Erbas, who is 77 years young, helped establish the Central Seniors Table Tennis Association.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/family/Ping+Pong+passion+plus+crowd/7141133/story.html

Bryans play Ping Pong too!

Olympic gold medallists, Bob and Mike Bryan play Table Tennis pretty well. Read about their encounter against the best New York firefighting team. The Bryans won!

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/family/Ping+Pong+passion+plus+crowd/7141133/story.html

Tahl Leibovitz will participate in the London Paralympic Games

Tahl Leibovitz played Table Tennis at the Paralympic Games at London. Read his moving story here:

http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishFeatures/Article.aspx?id=282515

Vinal Patel secures place in Bristol University, aims to be Table Tennis Champion

An avid Table Tennis player from East Grinstead, Vinal aims to eventually play for his country one day. He will study Maths and Economics at Bristol University. Incidentally, Vinal scored A* in Maths and Economics at Sackville School.

He now intends to study maths and economics at Bristol University, and hone his skills as a table tennis player so he may one day play for his country.

Ace Eat Serve Denver Ping Pong joint opens

Table Tennis now has a happening place at Denver. At Ace Eat Serve, you can enjoy an hour of Table Tennis and mix it up with Asian street food.

Prices for the game start at $10 per hour.