ITTF World Tour Table Tennis tournament at Las Vegas

Vegas!

Las Vegas is hosting the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour, US Open, Americas Challenge Series from 03 Jul 2013 - 06 Jul 2013.

Indian names in the official entry list - Pooja Sahasrabudhe, Divya Deshpande, G Sathiyan and Jubin Kumar.

Aman Balgu to meet Noel Pinto; Shweta meets Charvi in the JVPGC All Mumbai Ranking Table Tennis tournament finals

Aman Balgu will meet Noel Pinto in the Men's finals of the JVPGC All Mumbai Ranking Table Tennis tournament. In the women's finals, Shweta Parte will take on Charvi Kawle.

Results:

Men's semi-finals
Aman Balgu beat Nishaad Shah
7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 


Noel Pinto beat Eric Fernandes
7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5

India fights it out in the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Busan

India faced China in the Quarterfinals of the Men's team event at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Busan, Korea. Amalraj gave a decent fight to Yan An in the third singles.

China fielded a new gen team with Ma Long as the backbone. Sharath lost to Fan Zhendong and Soumyajit to Ma Long.

It is good to see that Indian TT players are consistently meeting world class players. It surely means that progress is being made and they are only being stopped by the best.

Meanwhile, some stand-out performances by Indian women players at the Asian Table Tennis Championships:

Mouma Das put up a spirited fight against World No. 2 Liu Shiwen.
Neha Aggarwal played true to her strength throughout the team event matches.

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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