Liang Jingkun, who beat Zhang Jike and Ma Long playing in Mumbai!

One of the players participating in the Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mumbai. He has beaten World and Olympic Champion Zhang Jike and Ma Long in the Chinese trials!

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Abhishek Bacchhan inaugurated the Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at NSCI

Abhishek played some long rallies and good shots at the Asian Junior TT Championships. He inaugurated the event.

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Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mumbai

Watch this space.

Coming soon! Will you be there?

One of Asia's premier event featuring the World Class champions of the future. Right here in India's financial capital.

Backed by some of the Blue Chip companies in India.

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Poulomi, Sathiyan win Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championships

Poulomi Ghatak and G Sathiyan of PSPB won the prestigious Inter Institutional Table Tennis titles. In the finals, they beat Soumyajit Ghosh and Pooja Sahasrabudhe respectively.

The Inter Institutional Championships are the second most prestigious on the India circuit. All the performers here not only get a head start for the season, but also get 50% more points than the Zonals.

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(Photos: TTFI and hindu.com
Results (from TTFI):

Men (Final): G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) 4-2 (11-1, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9); Semifinals: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 4-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10), G. Sathiyan (PSPB) bt Sarthak Gandhi (FCI) 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7).

Doubles (Final): G. Sathiyan/Sourav Saha (PSPB) bt Soumyajit Ghosh/Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9).

Women (Final): Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) 4-2 (12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8); Semifinals: Pooja Sahasrabudhe (PSPB) bt Mousumi Paul (PSPB) 4-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3, 14-12, 11-6), Poulomi Ghatak (PSPB) bt Madhurika Patkar (RSPB) 4-3 (2-11, 12-10, 11-13, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-3).

Thomas Lee, the legendary player from West Bengal is no more

News coming in from Debashish Chakraborty

Thomas Lee, a famous name in the West Bengal Table Tennis left for the heavenly abodeon 15th August 2014. He was in a city nursing home and suffered an acute cerebral attack. He leaves behind his mother and sister.

Lee was of Chinese origin, but was very popular for the support he gave to all the players that he came across. He was a top class player for his state and for Railways.


May his soul rest in peace.

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Table Tennis Tables at Glasgow

The beautiful Table Tennis tables that were used at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow.

Malabar Hill Mumbai Table Tennis Tournament

The Malabar Hill 3 Star Table Tennis district tournament will be held under the aegis of the MCDTTA at Malabar Hill Club, Mumbai from 11th to 14th August.
Mr. S S Gamre is the chief referee.

Schedule and contact details.

Thanks to Deepak Sir for the information.

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Upcoming Table Tennis tournaments

Upcoming tournaments.

We request you to please send info about tournaments in your region so that we can share with TT fans/players.

3rd Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Dombivli
Aug 5 to 10

4th Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Aurangabad
Sep 2 to 7

3rd Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament at PYC Gymkhana
Aug 15 to 18

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Photo: PYC Gymkhana Table Tennis hall.

Dates are sometimes subject to change due to unavoidable circumstances. Please contact the organizers. You can mail to editor@tabletennisbug.com in case you are unable to reach them.

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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