Stag is the title sponsor for World Veterans Table Tennis Championships at Auckland; Kohli to partner Karlsson in doubles

Proud moment for Indian Table Tennis! Stag is the title sponsor at the World Veterans Table Tennis Championships at Auckland. Another feather in Stag Vice Chairman Mr. Vivek Kohli's cap is that Peter Karlsson is partnering him in the doubles!

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Jiang Jialiang makes a comeback in Table Tennis

Two-time world Table Tennis champion Jiang Jialiang recently made a comeback to the Table Tennis circuit, not in the elite men's level, but on the Legends tour. Such is his record of achievements in the 1980s that he was seeded directly to the semi-finals directly since he was seeded 2nd behind Jan-ove Waldner.

However, he was unable to cope up with the changes in technology and lost to the still active Jean Michel Saive in straight sets.

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Andro Table Tennis Blades and Rubbers

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The 2014-15 season kicks off in a few weeks.

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No-hands, mouth Table Tennis player Ibrahim plays with Ma Long, Samsonov, Mizutani, Wang Hao!

Ibrahim Hamato from Egypt is now famous in the virtual world as the "no-mouth" Table Tennis player. ITTF President Adham Sharara invited him to the World Table Tennis Team Championships tournament at Zen Noh. Ibrahim got a chance to knock some balls with Ma Long, Wang Hao, Jun Mizutani, and Samsonov! They were all shocked to see the skills displayed by Ibrahim.

Ibrahim demonstrated the indomitable spirit of humans by expressing his interest in improving his game and wished that he got more training.


Here's the video from the official ITTF Channel, courtesy of the ITTF.


Here's a video of Ibrahim playing an actual match in a tournament! Video by RafeWinter.

Sharath Kamal is back in the top 40 in the World

Indian Table Tennis ace Sharath Kamal is back to his highest ever ranking and is in the top 40 elite player list in the World.

This is a good sign as he prepares for the Commonwealth and the World Championships. One of his top opponents will be Paul Drinkhall, who recently won the Spanish Open.

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Sharath beats world no. 8 Chuang Chih-Yuan at the Asia Cup

Sharath is at it again! Flying the tricolour high at the Asia Cup Table Tennis tournament, he managed one of the best wins in his illustrious career beating World No. 8 Chuang Chih-Yuan (TPE) 11-3, 3-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-4, 11-8!

Earlier, he topped his group and beat Kim Hyok Bong, who is a strong player.

In the end, only World No. 3 Fan Zhendong could stop his tremendous run!

Harmeet plays the finals of the World Tour Qatar Open Table Tennis Tournament

Harmeet plays the finals of the prestigious Qatar Open at 5:15 PM IST. Please cheer him up!

After beating second Cheng Feng of Singapore in a close encounter in the very first round, Harmeet is functioning like the second seed winning against strong opponents in straight sets! (Angles Enzo and Hugo Calderano). He now faces the daunting task of trying to beat Tristan Flore of France, who is another player in form.

One of the positive aspects of India's rise in World TT is Sharath, Sanil, Soumyajit, Amalraj's performances and also Harmeet and Soumyajit working as a team. Even after losing to Calderano, Soumyajit provided tips to Harmeet, who promptly beat the Brazilian opponent.

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Harmeet Upsets second seed Cheng Feng at the Qatar Open

He just won't stop! Harmeet's next big victim is Cheng Feng (U 21 section) at the Qatar Open Table Tennis tournament in which the Men's top seed is Ma Long.

Harmeet beat the 2nd seed Cheng in the very first round 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 3-11, 11-5.
Both Harmeet and Soumyajit will play in the Quarter finals.



Photo courtesy Prasad Naik

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Relaxing Table Tennis

Great setting for some relaxed Table Tennis.

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Manika wins two times at the North Zone Table Tennis Championships

Manika Batra is the highest ranked player from India on the World Women's ranking list.
Although she was not seeded at the very top in the Women's event at the North Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, she won it and also added the Youth girls title to her kitty.

Women's final:
Manika Batra bt Ankita Das (4-3) 11-4, 9-11, 7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8)

Youth girls final:
Manika Batra bt Suthirtha Mukherjee 4-1 (13-11, 11-9, -11, 11-7, 11-8)

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