Henzell and Miao Miao crowned Oceania Cup champions

(Photos courtesy of the ITTF)

William Henzell and Miao Miao beat David Powell and Li Chunli respectively to win the Oceania Cup at Bendigo Australia. This was Henzell's third consecutive victory.

While Henzell beat Powell fairly easily, Miao Miao had to battle back from 1-3 down against the experienced Chunli. The win for Miao Miao also meant that she earned a ticket to the Women's World Cup to be held at Kobe, Japan in September. Similarly, Henzell gets to compete at the Men's World Cup at Verviers, Belgium in October.

Results:

Men's singles finals:

William Henzell bt David Powell 15-13, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-1

Women's singles finals:

Miao Miao bt Li Chunli  5-11, 11-13, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11 11-9

Martand, Shweta win Men's and Women's titles at Nanded

Martand Biniwale and Shweta Parte won the Men's and Women's titles at the 1st Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis tournament held at Nanded.

Other notable winners were Devika Bhide, who won the Junior girls singles title and reached the women's singles finals. Siddhesh Pande belied his age and created waves in this tournament in different age group competitions.

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Priyanka creates record at the Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Ajmer

Priyanka Pareek of Churu, Rajasthan

Priyanka Pareek of Churu won an unprecedented 4 titles (Sub Juniors, Juniors, Youth, and Women's) titles at the Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Ajmer! A big round of cheers for her!!!

Vivek Bhargava won the Youth and Men's titles. The Men's final match was an edge of the seat affair with Vivek prevailing over International Sudhanshu Grover, coming back from 0-3 down to win 15-13 in the seventh game!

We'll publish the full list of winners soon.

Abu Dhabi Table Tennis Association the 4th Battle

Abu Dhabi Table Tennis Association The 4th Battle ZAYED HIGHER ORGANIZATION Mafraq Abu Dhabi UAE will commence on 28th June, 2013.

A total of over 135 participants will battle for honours. The tournament is divided into 4 classes, A, B, B+, and C. Please attend the tournament and encourage the participants.

Class A participants list:
Class A
1. Henna Naresh Mohnani(Dubai Indian Club)
2. Kunmo Koo(ADTTA)
3. Othello M. Borromeo(Team Sharjah)
4. Patrick(Dubai)
5. Thomas(ADTTA)
6. Aqeel Ahmed(Team Sharjah)
7. Rex Bolivar(Dubai ASTTIG)
8. Mazen Kalach(Dubai)
9. Jonathan Zaragosa(Dubai ASTTIG)
10. Leo(ADTTA)
11. Richard Ike Lim(ADTTA)
12. Joel Gundao(ADTTA)
13. Jaymee Yanga(ADTTA)
14. Ron Vose (ADTTA)
15. Kamal Muludi (ADTTA)
16. Norsky Bongat(Team Sharjah)
17.Denzio Espino(IAFTTA)
18.Koshi Hamada(ADTTA)
19.Bryan Dabuet(KSA)
20.Cyril Pecina(TEAM SHARJAH)
21.Nobuaki Mukai(ADTTA)
22.Jose Mangaran(TEAM SHARJAH)
23.Benjo Cape(IAFTTA)
24.Navin Aidasani(Dubai Indian Club)
25.Shrinath
26.Sanjeev sharma(Dubai)
27.Ricky B. Echanes(TEAM Sharjah)
28.Morhaf Alhaidar(Dubai)
29.Bara Abughanmi
30. Pidol Adolfo(Team Sharjah)
31.Ravish Tripathi(Dubai ASTTIG)
32.Gailwin Quizon Durante(Dubai)
33.Said Mohammed AlQarni(OMAN)
34.Ghassan Al-Ghassani(OMAN)
35.Alex Castro
36.Oluyomi(OMAN) 

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Archana Kamath wins three titles at Kushalnagar

Archana Kamath won 3 titles and in the bargain won handsome prize money at the 2nd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament.

She had reached 4 finals in Sub Junior Girls, Junior Girls, Youth Girls, and Women's singles. She lost only the Junior Girls title to Spoorthi Mv of Mysore.

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Shreyal Telang bags three Table Tennis titles

Shreyal Telang won a triple crown at Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Kushalnagar. He probably created a record by winning Rs. 30000 in total (Can someone please confirm? - 25 000 prize money and 5 000 for Best Player)! Not bad for a 16 year old in less than 4 days!

In the Men's singles final, he beat experienced C K Yatheesh Ck 4-1.
(Photo: Shreyal as a kid taken earlier by media.)

Main content by Vikramadithya Shivaram.

JVPG 4 star District Ranking Table Tennis tournament starts on June 28th

The Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club 4 star combined District Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held from June 28th to July 2nd. Last date for entries 24th June. The tournament will be held under the auspices of MSDTTA.

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Soumyajit creates another landmark at the Japan Open Table Tennis Open tournament

Clearly, another landmark day in Soumyajit Ghosh's Table Tennis career!
He beat Japan's 2012 National Champion Maharu Yoshimura in a thrilling encounter in the Men's main draw at the Japan Open and then won another good match against the Swedes in the Men's doubles partnering Harmeet Desai. They are in the doubles quarterfinals now.

Here's the significance of Soumyajit's win. Yoshimura beat Mizutani (a World Top Ten player!) to win the Japanese National Championships last year. Past winners of the championships have been big names including Mizutani and now Koki Niwa in 2013.

Sharath Kamal also advanced to the Men's round of 32 with a good win. Both Soumyajit and Sharath play against Taipei players in the Singles. Sharath has a good chance against Lee Chia Sheng but Soumyajit has World no. 26 Chen Chein-An to tackle. We already know that our Bengal Tiger is fearless and will go all out against the very best.

Incidentally, in the doubles, Soumyajit and Harmeet will face the two players that Sharath and Soumyajit beat in the singles first round (Yoshimura/Jin).

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Japan Open World Tour Table Tennis - Three Indian men in main draw

Japan Open Table Tennis World Tour updates:

A Sharath Kamal is seeded directly into the main draw.
Soumyajit Ghosh and A Amalraj qualify from group matches.

All three of them have challenging 1st rounds, which will be played tomorrow. Do cheer for them. It is rare to find 3 Indian players in the main draw of a major World Tour (formerly called Pro Tour) event!

Ironically, Soumyajit Ghosh and Harmeet Desai could not advance in the Men's U 21 section. This is hardly surprising considering that the competition in every single match is cut throat. Both of them did fight it out. Soumyajit Ghosh beat the group topper and Harmeet Desai won two matches and only lost 2-3 to a top Japanese player.

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