Monday, February 27, 2012

Sharath, Subhajit, Amalraj and Sanil to fight it out

Banking on another upset? A Amalraj and Sanil Shetty play top seeds Ma Long and Wang Hao. What's your bet? The giant killers Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha play Leong Kin Wa and Che Chi Pan of Macau in a bid to reach the quarters. Sharath and Saha have a good chance of a medal since their half is clear of the 2nd seeds Ma Lin and Zhang Jike. Every match at this level is very tough. So Gals and Guys, cheer your heroes!

Amalraj/Sanil's match has started at 3 PM Macau time. Sharath/Subhajit get on to the court at 3:45 PM local time.

Sharath and Subhajit beat Ma Lin and Zhang Jike

Just in from Neha Aggarwal. Sharath and Subhajit beat Ma Lin and Zhang Jike 3-0 at the Asian Championships! And the win was pretty easy. They won 11-2, 11-9, 11-5 
In the other half, Amalraj and Sanil Shetty are to play top seeds Ma Long and Wang Hao.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Amalraj and Soumyajit Stars of India Table Tennis at the Asian Championships

Anthony Amalraj was the star of the Indian team at the Asian Table Tennis Championships including in the Quarter final. Facing Chinese Taipei and with the prospects of an unprecedented medal, Amalraj won two rubbers against higher ranked opponents, but his team mates could not finish off their rivals.

Earlier, Amalraj shone against the Iranians too and young Soumyajit Ghosh won the decider against a very experienced opponent.

The Women too did well to reach the Champions group and the Quarterfinals, where they lost to the formidable Chinese team.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Famous Bengal Table Tennis Players

The names are not in order of rankings.
Soumyadeep Roy
Subhajit Saha
Sourav Chakraborty
Poulomi Ghatak
Soumyajit Ghosh
Anirban Nandi
Mouma Das
Ankita Das
Sourav Saha
Raj Mondal
Souvik Basu Roy
Ranbir Das
Shubham Choudhary
Mousumi Paul
Anandita Chakraborty
Kasturi Chakraborty
Soumi Mondal
Nandita Saha
Kritika Sinha Roy
Pallavi Kundu

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Sharath Kamal beats Waldner again!

A Sharath Kamal beat Table Tennis legend Jan Ove Waldner again on this weekend at the German (Bundesliga) Table Tennis league.

Facing Waldner in the 3rd and crucial singles tie, Sharath prevailed 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 12-10


Waldner was about to make a terrific comeback but Sharath was determined to close out the match in the fourth game. Thus Sharath's team S V Werder Bremen beat Fulda Maberzell 3-2 and kept its hopes alive of advancing to the play off round. Werder Bremen coach Cristian Tamas was full of praise for Sharath for containing the sleeping giant, Waldner, who is no longer active on the International circuit.


Nittaku Resoud blade

Nittaku Resoud is a blade that retails for Rs. 1.2 Lac to Rs. 3 Lac for each piece. It is made of a very special timber from the Resoud forest. The same wood is used to create the best piano and violins in the world. The person who started working on it initiated it and it was crafted over a decade and a half with the co-operation of top Japanese Table Tennis players.
Sorry, we don't stock it :-). Quite a few people mainly in Japan buy it. It is the most expensive Ping Pong blade in the world.

The blade comes in a regal case. 2 Nitakku 3 star balls free ;-)

Monday, February 20, 2012

US Table Tennis Olympic Trials 2012

Table Tennis legend Gao Jun led the Women's trials table with 11-0, while Michael Landers topped the Men's trials with 9-2. The amazing thing is that Jun is 43 years old and still going strong!
Gao Jun is a medallist at the Olympic games. She moved to the USA in 1994 from her native China.

Table Tennis Olympic Trials Results

Womens Results Mens Results
1) Jun Gao (11-0) 1) Michael Landers (9-2)
2) Ariel Hsing (9-2) 2) Barney Reed (8-3)
3) Lily Zhang (9-2) 3) Adam Hugh (8-3)
4) Erica Wu (9-2) 4) Timothy Wang (8-3)

Forrest Gump Table Tennis


A still from the famous movie Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks) playing ping pong.

From Wikipedia:
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic comedy-drama romance film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a naive and slow-witted native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Jun Mizutani documentary

Nice documentary on Japan's Table Tennis star, Jun Mizutani with a lot of focus on his magic serves.



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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Uneven Table Tennis bounce?

Extreme Ping Pong. Do your friends complain of uneven bounce on the table? Then try playing on this one!