Dog plays Table Tennis

Now proven! Table Tennis is a game for everyone, including dogs and cats. On Youtube (search for "Beating Heart"), you can see the enthusiastic dog returning the ball every time. Never mind the grip :).

Brandon Marshall to host a Ping-Pong fundraiser

Brandon Marshall, who represents the New York Jets in the National Football League (NFL), will host a Ping-Pong fundraiser. The 1st Annual Paddle Battle at Harry Caray’s 7th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum at Water Tower Place will be held on May 15.

Marshall happens to be an investor in Harry Caray’s Water Tower location. The Table Tennis  fundraiser will benefit Marshall’s Project 375 Foundation.

Those who register will get a chance to play Marshall. Celebrity guests need not return the paddle. They also get a year's free membership at the Killerspin house, Chicago.

Tickets are priced at $75 for spectators, $125 for singles and $200 for doubles.

Achanta Sharath Kamal profile information and achievements

Achanta Sharath Kamal is one of India's best ever Table Tennis players. He shot into national prominence at the turn of the century and started winning medals for India soon after that. He has consistently performed at the highest level. Sharath's play has reached a new high after joining Timo Boll and team at Borussia Dusseldorf.

Current World Ranking - 44 (April 2015)

Some of Sharath's key achievements:

• Gold medal at the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Kuala Lampur.
• Bundesliga for Borussia Düsseldorf (Champions and currently reached finals at the European Champions League). First Indian to perform at this level in a premium league.
• Arjuna Award 2004
• 2006 Commonwealth Games at Melbourne Gold medal. Beat William Henzell in the finals
• Won 2010 Egypt Open. Beat Li Ching of Hong Kong in the finals in straight sets.
• 2010 US Open at Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Mens Doubles title at 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi with Subhajit Saha
• Participated in the 2004, 2008 Olympics at Athens and Beijing.
• Many times National Champion
• Participated at the Asian Games 2006 Doha, Qatar
• Won Pyong Yong Invitational at North Korea
• Bundesliga - TSV Gräfelfing, SV Weder Bremen, Borussia Düsseldorf (current club)
• Deutsche Pokal for 2013
• Doubles silver at Glasgow Commonwealth games with A Amalraj in doubles
• 6th place at the Asian TT Championships
• Represents PSPB in the National level tournaments along with Amalraj, Sanil Shetty, Harmeet Desai and others.
• Invited to play at World Cup

School: PSBB Nungambakkam School
College: Loyola College, Chennai

Serena knocks some Table Tennis balls

Serena Williams at a promotional event in London.

Many professional Tennis players play Table Tennis with great passion.

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World Table Tennis Day

Today is World Table Tennis (Ping Pong) day! Play somehow today!

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Achanta Sharath Kamal and team reach European Champions League (ECL) finals

Sharath Kamal, Timo Boll and Patrick Franziska clicked as a team to reach the finals of the European Champions (Table Tennis) League.

Borussia Düsseldorf won 3-1 against Chartres ASTT. Timo won two points for the top German team while Sharath again showed his class by beating veteran Damien Eloi. Chartres was unlucky that Gao Ning was unable to play due to injury.

Borussia will now fight for the title against Dimitrij Ovtcharov and team.

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Photo: teamusa.org

Sharath Kamal, Timo, Franziska to face Chartres in the ECL semis

India's pride Sharath's team Borussia Düsseldorf plays the second semifinals of the prestigious European Champions League today at 4:30 PM India time (1 PM local time).

They are expected to face stiff competition from the top French team Chartres, who have Gao Ning, Robert Gardos and Par Gerell. In the first leg of the semifinals, Borussia Dusseldorf had won 3-1, but both Sharath and Gao Ning were unable to play due to their Asian Cup matches at Jaipur.

Sharath created magic with wins over top world class players at Jaipur.

Top Table Tennis players of Andhra Pradesh

Top TT players of AP

The following are some of the top players in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India

Men

T Sai Praneeth
Jagdish Krishna
K Karthik
VVS Kaushik
GVS Rama Rao
P Baladurga Rao
K Vivekavardhan
C Suraj

Women

K V Vaishali

Sailu Noor Basha

Nagarsravani

K Spoorthy

Please drop an email to editor@tabletennisbug.com if you want to contribute to the list. Please include tournament details.

Photo: kluniversity.in

Top Table Tennis Players of Odisha (Orissa)

Top Table Tennis Players of Odisha

Men

Tousif Haque, Sagar Ghatge. Kalol Ganguly, Saswat Samal, Md Azhar,

Women

Anannya Basak, Samartha Prusty, Poushali Ghatak

Photo: orisports.com
For more details on Tousif Haque, see http://www.orisports.com/PersonDetails.aspx?pId=MjI5

World Rankings of Indian Table Tennis Players

World Rankings of top India Table Tennis players

Men

44	49	ACHANTA Sharath Kamal		IND	2240
104	110	GHOSH Soumyajit		IND	2028
159	152	DESAI Harmeet		IND	1838
188	171	GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan		IND	1762
317		KUMAR Jubin		IND	1388

Women

World Ranking 4/2015 - General List - Women
Ranking	Previous	Name		Assoc	Ranking Pts.
171		DAS Mouma		IND	1946
195		GHATAK Poulomi		IND	1893
195	186	DAS Ankita		IND	1893
226	212	PATKAR Madhurika		IND	1830
267	262	AKULA Sreeja		IND	1716