Annual General Meeting of TTFI

The AGM of Table Tennis Federation of India will be held at The Piccadily, Lucknow on 17th March 2013.

Chinese Table Tennis team trials for Paris World Championships

The final leg of the Chinese team trials are starting. The favorites to qualify are Zhang Jike, Ma Long, and Xu Xin. But Jike suffered an injury recently.

The other experienced players in the fray are Ma Lin, Chen Qi, and Wang Hao.

The youngsters who will challenge experience are Yan An and Fan Zhendong.

Table Tennis deadly service

Deadly Table Tennis action.

Always try hard.

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Kunal Chodri, talented young Table Tennis player from ICC, Milpitas, CA

Kunal Chodri is an extremely talented youngster, who trains at the ICC center, Milpitas, CA. He is one of the top players in his age group in the USA.

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World Team Classic at Guangzhou in March

The World Team Classic will be held at Guangzhou, China from 28th to 31st March. The hosts are of course, the favorites.

Leonardo Mutti on ITTF site

Leonardo Mutti has been profiled on the ITTF site (World Top Table Tennis body). Soumyajit Ghosh of India beat Mutti in straight games at the Qatar Open World Tour Table Tennis tournament at Doha recently.

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Ma Long beats Yan An to win Qatar Open World Tour Table Tennis tournament

Ma Long tops! He beat Yan An in a thrilling final. World and Olympic champ, Zhang Jike, retired hurt in an earlier round.

Ding Ning won the women's title beating Liu Shiwen.

(Photo courtesy xinhuanet.com

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Soumyadeep Roy plays World No. 1 Xu Xin at Kuwait Open World Tour Table Tennis tournament

Soumyadeep Roy is in good form at the World Tour Table Tennis tournaments at Kuwait and Qatar. He played well in the qualifiers and Pre-rounds, reached the main draw, eventually losing to World No. 1 Xu Xin. Sharath reached the 2nd round where he lost to Bastian Steger of Germany. Reigning National Champion, Soumyajit Ghosh did extremely well in the qualifiers, but could not maintain form in the Pre rounds.

Indian teams for Kuwait and Qatar World Tour Table Tennis tournaments

Shamini and Soumyajit. Photo by thehindu.com

A 13 member squad will embark on a tour to the Kuwait and Qatar World Tour Table Tennis tournaments. Of these, Poulomi will not play at Kuwait. The two tournaments are of premium level on the World Table Tennis stage. This can be gauged by the fact that several of the top 10 players in the World are participating and some former Pro Tour winners have to actually play qualifying rounds!

Indian players and their world rankings.


1     GHOSH Soumyajit   175    
2     ACHANTA Sharath Kamal   71
3     AGGARWAL Neha  
4     DAS Ankita     242
5     ROY Soumyadeep 338
6     SHETTY Sanil  360
7     KUMARESAN Shamini 245
8     SAHASRABUDHE Pooja 528    
9     DESAI Harmeet   IND 282
10     KUMAR Jubin   IND 493    
11     GHATAK Poulomi 196
12     PATKAR Madhurika
13     PAUL Mousumi 434

2013 US Table Tennis team trials

Lily Zhang and Timothy Wang finished No. 1 in the Men's and Women's section of the US Team Table Tennis trials at San Jose, California. While Lily won all her matches, Timothy lost just one. The top five in each category qualify for the World Table Tennis Championships 2013 to be held at Paris.




Women's Final Placement

1. Zhang, Lily (ICC) 11-0
2. Wu, Erica S. (Gao Jun TTC) 10-1
3. Hsing, Ariel (iTable Tennis) 9-2
4. Jha, Prachi (WCTTA) 8-3 
5. Lin, Tina (Lily Yip TTC) 6-5 
6. Guan, Angela (ICC) 6-5 
7. Jiang, Diane (iTable Tennis) 3-8 
8. Li, Joy (XTTS) 3-8
9. Ma, Lucy (Seattle Pacific TTC) 3-8 
10. Chu, Isabel (WCTTA) 3-8
11. Leitman, Marina (TopSpin) 3-8
12. Malek, Amanda (Power Pong) 1-10 

Men's Final Placement

1. Wang, Timothy (ICC) 10-1 
2. Zhang, Yahao (TWUTTC) 9-2
3. Nguyen, Khoa Dinh (TopSpin) 9-2
4. Li, Peter (iTable Tennis) 7-4
5. Butler, Jim (Houston TTC) 7-4
6. Hazinski, Mark (TWUTTC) 6-5 
7. Dubina, Samson David (Strongsville TT) 5-6
8. Jha, Kanak (WCTTA) 3-8 
9. Chodri, Kunal (WCTTA) 3-8 
10. Cretu, Razvan (TWUTTC) 3-8