Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Odhisha State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Bhubaneshwar

The All Odisha Ranking Table Tennis Tournament will be held at the Shaeed Nagar Indoor hall at Bhubaneshwar from 31st. The tournament will be hosted by the Khurda District Table Tennis Association.

Competitions will be held in all the major age groups and senior categories. Doubles competition will also be held for boys and Men's categories.

Photo: iamin.in

Monday, October 26, 2015

Manushree bags triple crown in Singles at Table Tennis State Championships

Manushree Patil of Mumbai Suburban District won three titles at the Table Tennis State Championships at Balewadi.

She beat Swastika Ghosh, Ashlesha Trehan, and Shruti Amrute in the Sub Junior, Junior and Youth girls singles.

Ravindra Kotiyan and Divya Mahajan won the Men's and Women's singles titles while local boy Chinmay Datar won the Youth Boy's crown besides finishing runner up in the Men's singles.

Photo: afternoondc.in



Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Ma Long, Ding Ning top seeds at the Polish World Tour Table Tennis tournament at Warsaw


The GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour, Polish Open (Major), will be held from 21 Oct 2015 - 25 Oct 2015 at Warsaw, Poland.

The tournament assumes importance as it will be an important opportunity for players to qualify for the prestigious, season-ending Grand finals.

World Champion and World No. 1 is the top seed in the Men's section while Ding Ning is heading the seeding list on the Women's side.

Other stars who are participating are Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Zhang Jike, Mizutani, Ovtcharov, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Li Xiaoxia, Ai Fukuhara and others.

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.

Monday, October 12, 2015

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.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

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;

Friday, October 9, 2015

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

Thursday, October 8, 2015

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

Cadet GirlsFinal: 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