Birdie Boro wins CBSE national Table Tennis title

Birdie Boro beat team mate Manav Thakkar (India Junior Champion and India No. 1) in the finals of the CBSE nationals at the Emerald International School, Indore.

Manav gave a tough fight to his mentor and close friend. They gave a thrilling display of their skills to the huge number of spectators gathered at the venue.

Wang Manyu, Yu Ziyang are the World Junior Table Tennis champions

Wang Manyu beat He Zhojia 4-2 (12:10, 11:6, 14:12, 6:11 and 12:10) to win the World Junior Girls Championship title. In the boy's finals, Yu Ziyang beat higher ranked Yuto Muramatsu 4-0.

In the semi-finals, Yu beat team mate Liu Dingshou 4-1 while Yuto beat Xue Fei 4-0.

Photo: sport-asia.com

Sharath Kamal beats Kreanga in the European Champions league

Dear Achanta Sharath Kamal,

Congratulations on your 3-1 (8:11, 11:7, 11:6, 11:9) win over the Legendary Kreanga recently at the European Champions League.

Although you are stronger, a win such as this fills us with pride.

Doing a great job for Borussia Düsseldorf along with Timo Boll and team.

Editor

(Photo courtesy the ITTF)

Manika Batra, Abhishek Yadav win Youth National Championship titles at Allepey

Who is the next Table Tennis star in the making?

Manika Batra and Abhishek Yadav win the Youth National Championship titles at Allepey, Kerala to stake their claims as the Princess and Prince of Indian Table Tennis. While Manika beat surprise finalist, Charvi Kawle, Abhishek beat Sudhanshu Grover in the finals.

Editor

Manav Thakkar wins the Junior National Table Tennis Championship title

Manav Thakkar wins the Indian Junior National Championship at Allepey, Kerala!

He is now no. 1 in both sub junior and junior categories.

Congrats to the brightest Indian prodigy!!

Editor

Central Zone National Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Indore

Unreal click of Utkarsh Gupta in action trying to retrieve an edge ball at the Central Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Indore. Clicked by the enthusiastic Prasad Naik. The photograph has been hand picked to be published in the newspapers!

The tournament is being held in the Abhay Prashal stadium and organized by Jayesh Acharya and his dynamic team. Great facilities, great hospitality. Table Tennis right from the heart.

Most of the matches have reached the advanced stages. The semi finals and finals of the senior sections will be played tomorrow.

Editor

Table Tennis tournaments at Kandivli, Mumbai

Late Shree Pratap Vora Memorial Table Tennis tournaments at Mumbai. There are two tournaments at Kandivli- a 3 Star District Ranking with many events (Oct 1-3) and the Maharashtra Veterans State Ranking Tournament (Oct 4 and 5). Last date for entries is 28th September. Those who wish to participate, please hurry!

Photo: Deepak Sir. Thanks!
Moon Moon Mukherjee vs Yogesh Desai at PYC, Pune. Team events.

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Indian team for Asian games at Incheon

After a lot of speculation about the uncertainty surrounding India's participation at the Asian Games at Incheon, the team will go and the same team that participated in the Glasgow games has been retained.

Men: A. Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Antony Amalraj and Sanil Shetty.

Women: Ankita Das, Madhurika Patkar, Poulomi Ghatak, Manika Batra and Neha Aggarwal.

Coaches: Peter Engel and Bhawani Mukherjee.

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!

Editor

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.

Editor