Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championships at Sector 23

The Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championships will run from October 24 to 27, 2015 at the Table Tennis hall located at Sector 23.

Competitions will be held in the Junior, Youth, and Senior categories (Mens and Womens).

The main trophy will be in memory of Sardar Gurmeet Singh Grewal.

Amalraj, Mouma are West Zone Table Tennis Champions

A Amalraj and Mouma Das bagged the Men's and Women's titles at the West Zone National Table Tennis championships at Thane. In the finals, they beat G Sathiyan and Manika Batra respectively in nail biting finishes that went down to the wire.

Results:

Men’s Singles: Final: Anthony Amalraj (PSPB) bt G. Sthiyan (PSPB) 4-3 (14-16, 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2, 8-11, 11-6); Semifinals: Anthony Amalraj bt Devesh Karia (Guj) 4-3 (8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-4, G. Sathiyan bt Sudhanshu Grover (PSPB) 4-1 (11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9).

Women’s Singles: Final: Mouma Das (PSPB) bt Manika Batra (PSPB) 4-3 (7-11, 6-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10; Semifinals: Manika Batra bt Ayhika Mukherjee (AAI) 4-0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-4, 11-7), Mouma Das bt K. Shamini (PSPB) 4-1 (11-4, 11-5, 2-11, 11-7, 11-5).

Youth Boys Singles: Final: Arjun Ghosh (WB) bt Sabhya Virmani (AAI) 4-1 (11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4); Semifinals: Arjun Ghosh bt Ravindra Kotiyan (Mah) 4-3 (11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 12-14, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5), Sabhay Virmani bt Birdie Boro (PSPB) 4-3 (9-11, 12-10,13-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7).

Youth Girls Singles: Final: Manika Batra (PSPB) bt Moumita Datta (WB) 4-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4);Semifinals: Moumita Datta bt Reeth Rishya (PSPB) 4-1 (11-7, 11-2, 10-12, 11-8, 13-11), Manika Batra bt Ayhika Mukherjee (AAI) 4-1 (11-7, 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8).

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

West Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Thane

Thane is playing host to the Mayor's Cup West Zone National Table Tennis tournament at the Dadoji Kondeo stadium from October 14 to 19.

Many of the leading international players are expected to participate in the tournament which carries points for Indian national Table tennis ranking.

Around 800 to 900 players are expected to compete for titles in different age groups. Cash prizes of over 500 000 are on offer.

Liebherr Men's World Cup Table Tennis, Halmstad, Sweden; participants list

Participants at a previous World Cup

The following is the list of participants for the World Cup Liebherr Men's World Cup

Table Tennis World Cup participants

HENZELL William   AUS	127
GARDOS Robert   AUT	26
TSUBOI Gustavo   BRA	65
FAN Zhendong   CHN	3
MA Long   CHN	1
ASSAR Omar   EGY	35
GAUZY Simon   FRA	28
OVTCHAROV Dimitrij   GER	5
GIONIS Panagiotis   GRE	25
TANG Peng   HKG	15
ACHANTA Sharath Kamal   IND	59
MIZUTANI Jun   JPN	6
NIWA Koki   JPN	14
FREITAS Marcos   POR	8
APOLONIA Tiago   POR	22
GAO Ning   SIN	20
KARLSSON Kristian   SWE	61
KALLBERG Anton   SWE	85
CHUANG Chih-Yuan   TPE	10
BUTLER Jimmy   USA	442

Divya, Amalraj win Central Zone National Table Tennis Ranking tournament at Jamnagar, Gujarat

Divya Mahajan nee Deshpande and A Amalraj won the Central Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Jamnagar. In the finals, Divya beat Pooja, while Amalraj beat Sanil Shetty. 

Results: 
Men: Final: Anthony Amalraj (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 11-3, 12-10, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8; 
Women: Final: Divya Deshpande (Mah) bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; 
Youth Boys: Final: Ravindra Kotiyan (Mah) bt Birdie Boro (PSPB) 11-6, 12-10, 12-10, 4-11, 11-7; 
Youth Girls: Final: Reeth Rishya (PSPB) bt Manika Batra (PSPB) 7-11, 13-11, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6;

Top USA Table Tennis Male Players

The following are the top Table Tennis players based on their current USATT ratings:

	Name	USATT Rating	City/State
1	Hou, Yingchao	2775	El Monte, CA
2	Chen, Bob	2743	CA
3	Zhou, Xin	2722	Milpitas, CA
4	Chen, Ruichao	2721	Germantown, MD
5	Li, Kewei	2721	Houston, TX
6	Zhang, Kai	2713	Pleasantville, NY
7	Zhang, Bohan	2710	Pleasanton, CA
8	Wang, Jinxin	2706	Milpitas, CA
9	Guang, Qing Feng	2704	Dunellen, NJ
10	Zhao, Gaoxiang	2697	Suwanee, GA
11	Tao, Wenzhang	2685	CA
12	Zhang, Xiang	2683	Rosemead, CA
13	Xia, Jiwei	2674	Fremont, CA
14	Yuan, Xiao Jie	2664	Arcadia, CA
15	Liang, Yonghui	2664	Milpitas, CA
16	Hugh, Adam	2663	Piscataway, NJ
17	Provost, Damien	2661	Brooklyn, NY
18	Li, Bochao	2658	Colts Neck, NJ
19	Liang, Jishan	2639	Flushing, NY
20	Niu, Zicheng	2639	Milpitas, CA
21	Li, Jian	2637	Colts Necil, NJ
22	Li, Grant	2633	Acton, MA
23	Zhuang, David Yong-Xiang	2629	West Windsor, NJ
24	Zhao, Zi Rui	2621	Livington, NJ
25	Huo, Yingchao	2620	Milpitas, CA
26	Landers, Michael	2617	Old Westbury, NY
27	Guo, Hao	2616	Portland, OR
28	Liu, Dan	2615	Livermore, CA
29	Wang, Timothy	2596	Houston, TX
30	Wang, Yutian	2595	Carrollton, TX
31	Zheng, Pu	2594	Suwanee, GA
32	Jha, Kanak	2590	Milpitas, CA
33	Huang, Jeff	2588	Temple City, CA
34	Butler, Jim	2582	Houston, TX
35	Shi, Diwei	2580	Duluth, GA
36	Zhang, Yi Chi	2571	Clinton, MS
37	Zhong, Zongqi (Henry)	2571	Blackwood, NJ
38	Zhao, XinXu(Anthony)	2570	Livingston, NJ
39	Zeng, Jeffrey	2569	Gaithersburg, MD
40	Kim, Jang Ho	2563	Palisades Park, NJ

Manush Shah, Manushree Patil win titles at Central Zone Table Tennis 2015

Manush Shah and Manushree Patil win Sub Junior titles at the Central Zone All India Table Tennis tournament at Jamnagar

Manush of Gujarat and Manushree of Maharashtra clinched the sub junior titles that were on offer early at the tournament. Divyansh Srivastava and Kavyashree Baskar won the Cadet titles.

Manush overcame Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta and Manushree defeated Swastika Ghosh from her own state in the finals. Both turned out to be straight set affairs.

Results:

Cadet Boys: Final: Divyansh Srivastava (UP) bt Vishwa Deenadayalan (TN) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10

Cadet Girls: Final: Kavyashree Baskar (TN) bt Anargya Manjunath (KNT) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7

Sub-Junior Boys: Final: Manush Shah (Guj) bt Jeho Hinakulhpuingheta (PSPBA) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10

Sub-Junior Girls: Final: Manushree Patil (Mah) bt Swastika Gosh (Mah) 11-6, 12-10, 11-8, 12-10

Delhi State Ranking Table Tennis tournament

The Delhi State Ranking Table tennis tournament will be held under the guidance of Delhi State Table Tennis Association at Darbari Lal DAV Model School, ND Block, Pitampura, New Delhi.

The tournament will run from 23 to 26 October, 2015.

All the events in the regular categories and age groups will be held. Most of the top players from the city are expected to participate in the tournament that will witness high level of enthusiastic response.


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US Table Tennis Olympics trials will be held at Greensboro, NC

Greensboro in North Carolina wins the race to host the Table Tennis trials for Olympics

Canton lost the race to host the US Table tennis trials for the Rio Olympics by a whisker. Instead, Greensboro, NC was chosen as the host for the 2016 Olympics trials.

It is believed that lighting issues turned the tide in Greensboro's favor. 

India Men's and Women's teams qualify for the World Team Table Tennis Championships

Both Indian Table Tennis teams qualify on the basis of their performance at the 2014 World Championships

The Indian teams will go to the 2016 Championships as the 9th qualifiers from Asia.

File photo of an old Indian Table Tennis team (for representation purposes only). From allsingaporestuff.com

However, the Indian team will have to battle hard to get into the premium first division of the World Championships.