Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Chinese team to practice at Werner Schlager Academy!

Ironical, but great news for the sport. The Chinese team will train at Werner Schlager academy for the upcoming Table Tennis World Championships!

It was Schlager who put paid to Chinese title hopes at the 2003 World Championships and won the title.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Chaitanya Udare takes a game off Sharath Kamal

Chaitanya Udare, a young talented Table Tennis player putting up a decent fight against Indian International, Sharath Kamal. Sharath won 4-1. The match was played at Bengaluru in the 2012 and was a South Zone Table Tennis National level tournament.

Watch the video here.


Chaitanya is a Maharashtra A player and has represented Maharashtra at the National level several times in the Senior and Junior level. He has also represented India during his sub junior playing days.

Chaitanya plays near the table and matches Sharath's speed in some rallies.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Annual General Meeting of TTFI

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

Saturday, March 2, 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.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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.

Monday, February 25, 2013

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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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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.