Amrutha Pushpak and Sachin Vishwanath bag double crowns

Amrutha Pushpak stole the limelight by winning a double crown at the recent State Ranking Table Tennis tournament. 

She beat N Vidya and S Selena Deepthi in the Women's and Youth girls finals. 

Sushmit Sriram won the Men's title while Sachin Vishwanath won a double by capturing the Youth and Junior boys singles titles.

Other winners:

Mini Cadet boys - S Preyesh bt S Manikandan 3-0
Cadet boys - D Vishwa bt G VArun 3-0
Sub Junior boys - Shriram Kannan bt J Karan 4-2
Junior boys - Sachin Vishwanath bt R Santosh Kumar 4-1 
Youth boys - Sachin V bt S Nikhil 4-1
Men's singles - Sushmit Sriram bt S Nikhil 4-3

Mini Cadet girls - VS Nehal bt Mokshita 3-0
Cadet girls - B Kavya Shree bt Shreya Shivakumar 3-1
Sub-jr: V Kowshika bt Yogashree 4-1
Junior: S Selena Deepthi bt CR Harshavardhini 4-2
Youth: Amrutha Pushpak bt Selena 4-1
Women: Amrutha bt N Vidya 4-2

Naina Suri and Pankaj Sidana are champions

Naina Suri and Pankaj Sidana won the Women's and Men's titles at the 2nd Chandigarh Ranking Table Tennis tournament. While Naina beat Shelly Dhawan, Pankaj overcame resistance from Dev Saini.

Pankaj won a double crown by winning the Youth Boys title.

Results:

Womens

Naina Suri beat Shelly Dhawan 4-2

Mens

Pankaj Sidana beat Dev Saini 4-2

Youth Girls

Kalyani beat Pareen Verma 4-1

Youth Boys

Pankaj Sidana beat Shaurya Gupta 4-0

India tops groups in both categories at the Pattaya Asian TT Championships

India won all their Men's group matches and beat Uzbekistan 3-0 in the Division 1 match at the Suzuki 2015 ITTF Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya, Thailand.

Qatar gave India a scare in the group matches, but India scraped through 3-2. India play hosts Thailand tomorrow.

In the Women's matches, India blanked all their opponents 3-0 in their group, but lost to Thailand in the Division 1 match.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

Indian team for the Asian Championships at Thailand

The following members are representing India at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya, Thailand:

Men: Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty and G Sathiyan
Women: Mouma Das, Ankita Das, Pooja Sahasrabudhe, K Shamini and Manika Batra

Second Chandigarh Ranking Table Tennis tournament from September 25

The 2nd Chandigarh Ranking TT tournament will be held at the Table tennis hall at Sector 23. The tournament will be conducted by the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association from September 25 to 27.

Westchester September Open

The September 2015 edition of the Westchester Open will be held from September 26 to 27, 2015 at Pleasantville, New York. The 4 Star Tournament boats of $5, 400 in Cash and Prizes.

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Liebherr Men's World Cup Table Tennis tournament at Halmstad, Sweden

The Invitational Men's World Cup Table Tennis tournament will be held from October 16-18 in Sweden.

Player list from official Web site, courtesy of the ITTF.

1	HENZELL William   AUS	103555	M			X				03/23/1982	09/10/2015 8:44:09 AM
2	GARDOS Robert   AUT	102968	M			X				01/16/1979	09/10/2015 8:46:11 AM
3	TSUBOI Gustavo   BRA	109581	M			X				05/31/1985	09/10/2015 8:43:37 AM
4	FAN Zhendong   CHN	121404	M			X				01/22/1997	09/10/2015 8:47:57 AM
5	MA Long   CHN	105649	M			X				10/20/1988	09/10/2015 8:35:00 AM
6	ASSAR Omar   EGY	100696	M			X				07/22/1991	09/10/2015 8:43:23 AM
7	GAUZY Simon   FRA	112062	M			X				10/25/1994	09/10/2015 8:45:34 AM
8	OVTCHAROV Dimitrij   GER	107028	M			X				09/02/1988	09/10/2015 8:44:21 AM
9	GIONIS Panagiotis   GRE	103107	M			X				01/07/1980	09/10/2015 8:45:03 AM
10	TANG Peng   HKG	109253	M			X				02/04/1981	09/10/2015 8:45:16 AM
11	ACHANTA Sharath Kamal   IND	104314	M			X				07/12/1982	09/10/2015 8:46:28 AM
12	NIWA Koki   JPN	110729	M			X				10/10/1994	09/10/2015 8:46:46 AM
13	MIZUTANI Jun   JPN	106195	M			X				06/09/1989	09/10/2015 8:44:35 AM
14	APOLONIA Tiago   POR	100621	M			X				07/28/1986	09/10/2015 8:45:52 AM
15	FREITAS Marcos   POR	102841	M			X				04/08/1988	09/10/2015 8:44:49 AM
16	GAO Ning   SIN	102943	M			X				10/11/1982	09/10/2015 8:47:03 AM
17	KARLSSON Kristian   SWE	104379	M			X				08/06/1991	09/10/2015 8:47:22 AM
18	KALLBERG Anton   SWE	116853	M			X				08/17/1997	09/10/2015 8:47:39 AM
19	CHUANG Chih-Yuan   TPE	101820	M			X				04/02/1981	09/10/2015 8:48:22 AM
20	BUTLER Jimmy   USA	101407	M			X				02/15/1971	09/10/2015 8:43:53 AM

Serbian Junior and Cadet Open tournament at Vrnjacka Banja

The ITTF Junior circuit series moves to Serbia in October, where a Junior and Cadet open tournament will be held from 7 to 11.

The Spa town of Vrnjacka Banja will play host to the tournament. 170 Table Tennis talents from 22 countries will fight for the top honors.

Belgrade International Airport is the nearest airport to the venue.

Anniversary Table Tennis tournament at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall

The Titans Table Tennis Club celebrates the fourth anniversary this year in Guyana. A tournament is being organized to raise awareness about sports. 

Club President and national player Dwain Dick said that the tournament will be called the Gold Cup tournament. 

Earlier, another tournament called the Play to Conquer tournament sponsored by the Director of Sport, Christopher Jones was held.

Gao Ning, Feng Tianwei lead new faces at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya

Gao Ning, Yang Zi, Pang Xue Jie and Clarence Chew, and Edric Lim will be representing Singapore at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya.

Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, and teenagers Yee Herng Hwee, Goi Rui Xuan and Eunice Lim have been chosen in the Women's team.

Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu (29th) will lead the team, but teenagers Yee Herng Hwee (447th), Goi Rui Xuan (624th) and Eunice Lim (652nd) - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/sports/team-singapore/three-new-faces-singapore-womens-table-tennis-team-asian-championships#sthash.JdmmTjYE.dpuf

Gao Ning, Yang Zi, Pang Xue Jie and Clarence Chew