Table Tennis Bat or Table Tennis Racket

There are a wide variety of Table Tennis Bats/Rackets available in the market. How do you choose one?

First, try to categorize yourself, which category do you fall into?

• At home player
• Club Player
• District/Provincial/County level
• State Level
• National/International level

Now that you've identified your playing level, you can choose to buy one of the following types of Table Tennis bats:

• Pre-assembled hobby bats (Rs. 500-1200, approx $ 9-22)
• Pre-assembled professional bats (Rs. 4000 - 20000, approx $ 70-360)
• Separate Table Tennis Rubbers (Pips in and Pips out) and Blades (Wood or Carbon) that can be assembled (Brands - Butterfly, Tibhar, Andro, Yasaka)

If you need more details about a Table Tennis racket that will suit you, shoot a mail with a very brief description of your playing style to:
editor@tabletennisbug.com
or
Message to +919822749251

Paralympian David Wetherill

Don't miss this unbelievable shot from David, who holds a crutch in his left hand while playing Table Tennis. The match was at the Paralympics against German Thomasz Kusiak.


This video has gone viral on the Internet. See it to believe it!

Phil Mickelson upsets Matt Kucher in Table Tennis

Ace Golfer Phil Mickelson beat Matt Kucher (the best US TT player on the Golf circuit). Kucher was clearly annoyed as he was leading 7-3, but lost the next 8 points in a row!

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

Killerspin Table Tennis Table

Killerspin revolution Table Tennis Table. Love this beauty!

Editor

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