Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Sirisena and Ishara win title at Sri Lanka National Table Tennis Championships

Ishara Madurangi of Sri Lanka Air Force won her fourth National Table Tennis title at Mount Lavinia. In the Men's singles, Rohan Sirisena beat Dinesh Deshappriya to bag the title. Later, they both combined to win the Mixed doubles title. Ishara also won the women's doubles title, thus ending the tournament with a brilliant triple crown. 

Men's Singles
Rohan Sirisena (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Dinesh Deshappriya ( Sri Lanka Navy) 11/04, 10/12, 10/12, 11/03, 11/05, 11/08

Women’s Singles
Ishara Madurangi (Sri Lanka Air Force) beat Nuwani Navodya (Dharmasoka – Ambalangoda) 12/10, 11/06, 08/11, 11/03, 06/11, 10/12,11/08

Monday, January 10, 2011

Picture of the Day: Brian Lara and Table Tennis

We already know Sachin Tendulkar plays Table Tennis. Where there is Sachin, can Lara be far behind?

Brian Lara hints at his Table Tennis intentions. What do you think of the grip? Is it good?

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Amalraj Anthony in the Slovenian Table Tennis League


Did you know that the second highest Internationally ranked Indian Table Tennis player competes in the Slovenian league?  
The top players there are Sereda, Klasic, Marek and a generous sprinkling of Chinese (common in almost all top Table Tennis leagues).

Current Standings

1. Amalraj Anthony MSK Malacky A 8 19 19 0 57 : 8 100,00 %
2. Klásek Marek Stavoimpex Holíč A 8 15 15 0 45 : 5 100,00 %
3. Wang Yang Stavoimpex Holíč A 7 12 12 0 36 : 6 100,00 %
4. Mrkvička Radek Stavoimpex Holíč A 10 19 18 1 55 : 6 94,74 %
5. Bai He ŠKST Bratislava A 8 17 16 1 48 : 9 94,12 %
6. Gumáň Martin ŠKST Bratislava A 6 12 11 1 34 : 8 91,67 %
7. Krkoška Peter ŠKST Bratislava A 6 12 11 1 35 : 10 91,67 %
8. Palček Martin Stavoimpex Holíč A 7 12 11 1 35 : 10 91,67 %
9. Illáš Erik SK SATEX Int. A 9 21 18 3 56 : 16 85,71 %
10. Jaslovský Martin SK SATEX Int. A 10 22 18 4 57 : 23 81,82 %

Player Profile: India's top Defense Player - R Abishek


NAME                              :
R.ABISHEK


DATE OF BIRTH               :
29th December, 1987


FATHER’S NAME              :
P.J.RAVICHANRAN


MOTHER’S NAME             :
USHA


SPORT                             :
Table Tennis

PRACTISING CENTRE       :
Lord’s Table Tennis Academy, Chennai
EDUCATION                     :
B.Com



ACHIEVEMENTS:
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 – BRONZE MEDAL – TEAM
CURRENT WORLD RANK  - 231
ITTF PRO TOUR HARMONY CHINA OPEN, 2010
  • ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 BY OVERCOMING WORLD NO. 152 & 229 IN THE GROUP STAGE
ITTF PRO TOUR EGYPT OPEN, CAIRO, 2010
  • ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 AND BEAT WORLD NO. 394 & 573 IN THE QUALIFYING ROUNDS
ITTF PRO TOUR INDIAN OPEN, NEW DELHI, 2010
ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 BY BEATING 3 HIGHER WORLD RANKED PLAYERS (WORLD NO. 232, 354 & 650) IN THE GROUP STAGE.

US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, 2010
ENTERED MAIN DRAW ROUND 1 BEATING WORLD NO. 423 IN THE GROUP STAGE

ITTF PRO TOUR KUWAIT OPEN, KUWAIT CITY, 2010
ITTF PRO TOUR GERMAN OPEN, BERLIN, 2010
3RD WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, LINZ, AUSTRIA, 2005
FINISHED AS JUNIOR WORLD RANK 60 FOR THE YEAR 2005
11TH ASIAN JUNIOR T.T CHAMPIONSHIPS, NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2005
11TH SOUTH ASIAN JUNIOR T.T CHAMPIONSHIPS (SAF), NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2005
GOLD     - TEAM EVENTS
SILVER   - INDIVIDUALS
BRONZE - MIXED DOUBLES

10TH SOUTH ASIAN JUNIOR T.T CHAMPIONSHIPS (SAF), NEW DELHI, INDIA, 2004
GOLD     -  INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS
BRONZE -  MIXED DOUBLES

CURRENT NATIONAL RANK IN MEN- NO.2
2009-10 : NATIONAL RANK NO.7 IN MEN
2007-08: NATIONAL RANK NO.1 IN U-21
2003-04 : JUNIORS NATIONAL RANK NO 2
2003-04 : NATIONAL CHAMPION IN DOUBLES

Friday, January 7, 2011

Celebrities who play Table Tennis

Sachin sharing your passion
We all know that Table Tennis is a hugely popular sport, played in over 200 countries around the world. Did you know that Sachin Tendulkar, Salman Rushdie, Vladimir Putin, Prince Charles, Bill Clinton, Hu Jintao and many others share this passion?

We will share some names and photographs on this Web site.
  • Sachin Tendulkar (again)
  • Salman Rushdie - Famous Author
  • Shirley Temple - Famous Actress
  • Susan Sarandon - Actress (Big one - Co-owner of SPiN, New York TT and Social Club. Thanks Sushrut!)
  • David Cameron - Prime Minister of England
  • Goh Chok Tong - Former Prime Minister of Singapore
  • Lee Kuan Yew- Former Prime Minister Singapore
  • Tony Blair - Prime Minister of United Kingdom
  • Camilla Parker Bowles - Duchess of Cornwall
  • Prince Charles of Britain
  • George H.W. Bush
  • Felipe Calderon - President of Mexico
  • Bill & Hillary Clinton - President and First Lady US (1993-2001)
  • Hu Jintao - Chinese president
  • Richard Nixon - Ex US President
  • Göran Persson - Former Prime Minister of Sweden

Ariel Hsing is the Youngest ever US Table Tennis Champ


Ariel Hsing became the youngest ever US Table Tennis Champion. She beat Lily Zhang in the finals. Ariel also won the U-21 Women's title.

Titles in the junior and cadet girls was the consolation for Lily Zhang.

Both Ariel and Lily train at Rajul Seth's ICC at Milpitas, California. Timothy Wang, the Men's Champion from Texas also attends camps and private training sessions at the ICC.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Timo Boll is World No. 1 after a 8 year gap

Breaking News! Timo Boll of Germany ascended to the No. 1 spot in the Table Tennis World Rankings after a gap of 8 years. Ma Long slips to the 2nd spot.

India's shining star, Sharath Kamal is on the 40th spot in the list.
However, the biggest news for India from the lists are the huge jumps by Soumyajit Ghosh, Gnanasekharan Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai, who occupy the 29th, 40th and 44th position in the Under 18 Boy's section.
Mallika Bhandarkar and Manika Batra have also moved up impressively in the Girl's U-18 section.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Sharath's brilliant win over World no. 18 Christian Suss

Sharath of TSV Grafelfing won over the highly rated Christian Suss of Borussia Dusseldorf in the German league. Here is a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YThCe6OS7-8

Happy New Year to all our readers

Wish you all success in everything you do, especially in your Table Tennis.
- From the www.tabletennisbug.com team

Ping Pong film - An award winner

Excerpts:
Peco (real name Yutaka Hoshino) and Smile (real name Makoto Tsukimoto) are members of Katase High table tennis club. Peco is charismatic and has a passion for the sport, while Smile is introverted.
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The film then jumps forward several years: Peco has fulfilled his dream of playing professionally in Europe.

Read more about this fascinating film at Wikipedia at the following location:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Pong_%28film%29

Director: Fumihiko Sori