Serena knocks some Table Tennis balls

Serena Williams at a promotional event in London.

Many professional Tennis players play Table Tennis with great passion.

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World Table Tennis Day

Today is World Table Tennis (Ping Pong) day! Play somehow today!

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Achanta Sharath Kamal and team reach European Champions League (ECL) finals

Sharath Kamal, Timo Boll and Patrick Franziska clicked as a team to reach the finals of the European Champions (Table Tennis) League.

Borussia Düsseldorf won 3-1 against Chartres ASTT. Timo won two points for the top German team while Sharath again showed his class by beating veteran Damien Eloi. Chartres was unlucky that Gao Ning was unable to play due to injury.

Borussia will now fight for the title against Dimitrij Ovtcharov and team.

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Sharath Kamal, Timo, Franziska to face Chartres in the ECL semis

India's pride Sharath's team Borussia Düsseldorf plays the second semifinals of the prestigious European Champions League today at 4:30 PM India time (1 PM local time).

They are expected to face stiff competition from the top French team Chartres, who have Gao Ning, Robert Gardos and Par Gerell. In the first leg of the semifinals, Borussia Dusseldorf had won 3-1, but both Sharath and Gao Ning were unable to play due to their Asian Cup matches at Jaipur.

Sharath created magic with wins over top world class players at Jaipur.

Top Table Tennis players of Andhra Pradesh

Top TT players of AP

The following are some of the top players in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India

Men

T Sai Praneeth
Jagdish Krishna
K Karthik
VVS Kaushik
GVS Rama Rao
P Baladurga Rao
K Vivekavardhan
C Suraj

Women

K V Vaishali

Sailu Noor Basha

Nagarsravani

K Spoorthy

Please drop an email to editor@tabletennisbug.com if you want to contribute to the list. Please include tournament details.

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Top Table Tennis Players of Odisha (Orissa)

Top Table Tennis Players of Odisha

Men

Tousif Haque, Sagar Ghatge. Kalol Ganguly, Saswat Samal, Md Azhar,

Women

Anannya Basak, Samartha Prusty, Poushali Ghatak

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World Rankings of Indian Table Tennis Players

World Rankings of top India Table Tennis players

Men

44	49	ACHANTA Sharath Kamal		IND	2240
104	110	GHOSH Soumyajit		IND	2028
159	152	DESAI Harmeet		IND	1838
188	171	GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan		IND	1762
317		KUMAR Jubin		IND	1388

Women

World Ranking 4/2015 - General List - Women
Ranking	Previous	Name		Assoc	Ranking Pts.
171		DAS Mouma		IND	1946
195		GHATAK Poulomi		IND	1893
195	186	DAS Ankita		IND	1893
226	212	PATKAR Madhurika		IND	1830
267	262	AKULA Sreeja		IND	1716

District Level Table Tennis camp at Udupi

A district level camp is being organized by the  Department of Sports and Youth Empowerment and District Table Tennis Association at the Indoor Stadium from April 4 to 16 at Udupi, Karnataka.

The Camp is open to candidates in the 4 to 16 age group and will cost Rs. 250. You can apply by approaching the Assistant Director of Sports and Youth Empowerment. 

Call 0820-2521324 or 9480886467 for more details.

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Poonam wins prestigious Cash award from Punjab University

Poonam is an International Paralympic Table Tennis player who has won many medals at the National and International level. She recently won a significant cash award from the Punjab University.

Proof that she has a big heart is the fact that she teaches underprivileged children free of cost in her spare time.

Poonam is also a dedicated mother to her darling son. She gets inspiration and motivation from her husband Mukesh Kumar.

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Ping Pong paddle shaped hotel

A Sports Complex that includes Table Tennis as one of the themes.
Guest windows are shaped to look like pips on rubbers.


Also consists of American Football, Soccer, and BasketBall.

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