Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis in July

The 3rd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held from 4th to 7th July 2013 at Canara Union, Bangalore.

News courtesy Milind Patankar.

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Timo Boll and Ma Long playing doubles finals together at the China open

Photo courtesy the ITTF

Timo Boll and Ma Long on the same side of the table? Yes! ITTF and the Chinese TT officials, players and coaches are promoting Table Tennis in unique ways. One such recent development has been that players of two different countries have been allowed to form doubles combinations.

In the China Open, they will be playing the finals today at 4 PM local time at Changchun, China.

Incidentally, Sanil Shetty and Sharath Kamal lost 1-3 to top seeds Gao Ning and Li Hu in the same tournament at the pre-quarterfinal stage.

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Wall Street Journal on Ping Pong!

A Table Tennis article on Wall Street journal which talks about US Ping Pong legend, Marty Reisman's efforts to popularize sand paper bat play.

The Fight to Save Ping Pong - Some Players Are Trying to Add to the Game's Excitement by Going With Paddles Designed for Power Rather Than Spin

Read this article on Wall Street Journal

 

Harmeet, Sanil, Soumyajit shine at the China Open Table Tennis tournament

India's young players are not respecting World Ranked players anymore! Now, Harmeet Desai has given a great fight to Kenta Matsudaira (who was the star find of this year's World Championships), and Sanil Shetty beat much higher ranked Wu Zhikang. Soumyajit Ghosh narrowly missed winning both his group matches, losing to the World Class Alexey Smirnov in a close match. All this action is going on at the China Open.

It's just a matter of time that they will go all out and start beating the top players and break into the top 100 hopefully soon!

North Bengal Ranking Table Tennis tournament

North Bengal Table Tennis tournaments:

June 13 to 16 - North Bengal Table Tennis Academy (NBTTA) tournament (Stage I)

June 21 to 23 - Sarajani Sangha Table Tennis tournament (Stage I)

If you have information about upcoming Table Tennis tournaments in your region/state, please send it on Facebook or write to editor@tabletennisbug.com

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2nd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Kushalnagar

2nd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament from 20 to 23 June at Nalanda Gurukula International Public School, Kushalnagar, Mysore dist.

Info by Vikramadithya Shivaram.
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Joola Fever, Joola Carbon, Joola Express One, Joola Express Two

Joola Fever blade, Joola Carbon blade, Joola Express One and Joola Express Two now available. More coming. Shoot an email to editor@tabletennisbug.com for best offers! SMS 09822091862

Gujarat State, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournaments

Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis - at Anand, Gujarat from 20-23 June. 1st Major Ranking tournament.

Andhra Pradesh State Ranking Table Tennis - Darga Pentappa Memorial tournament from 21 to 23 June.

The 1st Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held at Indoor Stadium, Patel Maidan, Ajmer on 22nd and 23 June.

Last date for entries: 18 June 2013.

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Chinmay Datar and Amish Karamchandani in Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament finals

Tomorrow Final Table Tennis match between top seed Chinmay Datar and Amish Karamchandani at the spectacular Balewadi International stadium in Pune. The event is Men's finals. Chinmay survived a tough challenge from Advait Brahme, while Amish prevailed over Chandrashekhar Dev in the semi-finals.

Both competitors are very young and have faced each other quite a few times early in their career and have participated in the National Table Tennis championships. The interesting part is that both are just coming out of grueling study-exam schedules, got less time for practice and still made the finals with true grit! All the best! Finals are 4 PM onwards.

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Yasaka Mark V Table Tennis Rubber

A new generation blade, Butterfly ZLF with Donic Coppa Gold and Yasaka Rakza

Many Table Tennis players, especially those who are making a comeback after several years, try to search for Yasaka Mark V Table Tennis rubbers but face difficulty in finding them. The reasons are quite a few, important among which are the fact that Table Tennis has now evolved and the technology has changed to keep pace with the rules (bigger ball, shorter game).

As a result, the game has become faster and one needs to possess equipment which guarantees Speed and Spin. This is where Yasaka Mark V falters in our opinion. Although it is a rubber that stood the test of time and was one of the biggest selling rubbers ever, it is not capable of serving one in today's competitive environment.

This is where the new generation rubbers step in. Chief among the new gen rubbers were the first movers such as Donic Coppa Gold, Donic Sonex JP Gold, Donic JO Platin. There are also a whole host of rubbers alternatives from Tibhar and others. Yasaka company has worked on the rubber technology and come up with the Rakza series.

If you are planning to make a comeback or upgrade from the older generation rubbers to the new ones, do write a mail to editor@tabletennisbug.com or contact +919822749251

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