Indian men top group at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow

At the prestigious Commonwealth Games that have started at Glasgow, the Indian Men's Table Tennis team comfortably beat Vanuatu, N Ireland, and Guyana in their pool to advance.

While the matches against Vanuatu and Guyana were a mere formality, Soumyajit had to battle back from 0-2 down against Robinson of N Ireland eventually winning 3-2. However, India blanked all the teams 3-0.

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Kanak Jha wins US Open Cadet boys Table Tennis title

Kanak Jha won the Cadet Boys singles title at the US Open Table Tennis championships at Grand Rapids. Kanak has been collecting some really important titles recently:

2014 USA World Team Member
2014 U.S. Open - Cadet Boys Champion
2014 U.S. National Junior Boys & Cadet Boys Team Member
2014 ITTF North America Cup - Men's Singles Champion

Photo and info source: butterflyonline.com

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Rakshith, Samyukta win titles at Kushal Nagar State Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Rakshith RB of MSSTTA and R Samyukta bagged the Junior girls and boys titles at the Kushal Nagar Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament.

Both Rakshith and Samyukta conceded two games before prevailing over Vedanth M Urs and Kushi V.

Results:

Junior boys final 

R.B. Rakshith (MSSTTA) bt Vedanth M Urs (Vidyashram, Mysore) 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11, 14-12, 11-1. 

Junior Girls final 

R. Samyukta (BNM, Bangalore) bt V. Kushi (BNM, Bangalore) 

11-3, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6.

Corporate Table Tennis Tournament, Bangalore

Pradeep Gowda of Victory events announcement:

Victory Events is bringing fresh excitement and pleasure in inviting your team for the 11th Edition of the Corporate Table Tennis Tournament On July 19th 20th 26th & 27th 2014
Venue: Gopalan International School, Bangalore

Email: pradeepg@victoryevents.in 
Mob: 09019544494
 

Meeting Peter Karlsson and Vivek Kohli

Excited at an opportunity to meet two of the biggest personalities who are changing the face of Table Tennis in India and the World.

Peter Karlsson and Vivek Kohli of Stag International.

Questionnaire time.

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Anirban, Shwetha win titles at Canara Union Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Anirban Roy Choudhary beat Anshuman Roy in straight sets to bag the men's single crown at the Canara Union. The event was the 1st Ranking Table Tennis tournament of the Karnataka Table Tennis season. Shwetha won the women's title.

Shreyal Telang made a comeback to Table Tennis by winning the youth boys title, while Spoorthy MV won a creditable double.

Results:

Men: Anirban Roy Choudhary bt Anshuman Roy 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, 11-5.
Youth boys: Shreyal K Telang bt Akshay Mohanta 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-6.
Junior boys: Rakshith RB bt Shreyas Kulkarni 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6.
Women: Shwetha bt Spoorthy 11-7, 11-8, 12-10, 13-11, 11-9.
Youth girls: Spoorthy MV bt Kushi V 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 8-11, 12-14, 5-11.
Junior girls: Spoorthy MV bt Gayathri Tankasali 11-6, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5.

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Neymar, Ronaldo, Rooney, Van Persie playing Table Tennis!

Soccer players enjoy Table Tennis.

Recently, Neymar was spotted playing a game, losing a bet and having to crawl under the table. But he did it all with great sporting spirit.

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Amalraj beats top World Top 100 player, Seo Hyun Deok at the Korean Open

A Amal Raj of India beat much higher ranked SEO Hyun Deok. It is worth noting that Hyun Deok has previously beaten World and Olympic Champion Zhang Jike a couple of years back.

A great win for Amal Raj and one more step towards world class standards from Indian players. Another great achievement was when young Harmeet Desai lost a golden opportunity to beat Singapore legend Gao Ning, who was ranked in the World top 20 for several years. Harmeet was leading 3-1 and lost 4-3.

Four Indian Table Tennis players reached the Men's main draw. Amal Raj progressed the farthest.

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1st Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Bhavnagar

The Bhavnagar District Table Tennis Association (BDTTA) is organizing the 1st OPEN GUJARAT MAJOR RANKING TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT-2014 from 18 to 21 June 2014. The tournament is the first one in the 2014 series and is expected to attract huge participation.

The tournament will be conducted under the aegis of the GUJARAT STATE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (GSTTA)

VENUE : Shri Krushnakumarsinhji Townhall, Motibag, Bhavnagar.

Last date of accepting Entries - 13 June,2014 06:00 PM

Entry Fees for each single's event - Rs.100/-

GSTTA Annual Registration fees - Rs. 100/-

EVENTS

MEN SINGLES WOMEN SINGLES

YOUTH BOYS SINGLES (U-21) YOUTH GIRLS SINGLES (U-21)

JUNIOR BOYS SINGLES (U-18) JUNIOR GIRLS SINGLES (U-18)

SUB JR. BOYS SINGLES (U-15) SUB-JR .GIRLS SINGLES (U-15)

CADET BOYS SINGLES (U-12) CADET GIRLS SINGLES (U-12)

Table Tennis player Anshuman Roy

Name - Anshuman Roy

DOB   - 21-12-1989

CLUB - C & AG

Coach-  Devashish Roy

T.T Idol- Werner Schlager

Ambition - Top 4 in India

Achievements

 

1 ) 6 years Chhattisgarh State champion in Sub Juniors, Juniors and Youth

2 ) Participated at Nationals at Gawhati

3) Karnataks 2012 State champion in team events.

3) 3 Years consecutive Youth Champion of CG state

4 ) Bronze medal at SGFI at J &K

5) Bronze medal at SGFI at Bhopal

Best win against - Avik Das, Shubham Kundu, M Subhash, Jaideep Das, and Niloy Basak.