Ovtcharov's effort goes in vain as Austria shocks Germany to win European Table Tennis Champion title

Stefan Fegerl became the hero of Austrian Table Tennis overnight as he won the crucial point for his country as they beat Germany 3-2 in the finals of the European Table Tennis Championships at Ekaterinburg.

Fegerl beat Patrick Baum in the deciding match of the tie.

Results:

Austria beat Germany

Robert Gardos beat Patrick Baum 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11
Dimitrij Ovtcharov beat Stefan Fegerl 10-12, 19-17, 11-7, 12-14, 12-10
Daniel Habesohn beat Patrick Franziska 11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 10-12, 11-5
Gardos lost to Ovtcharov 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 5-11
Fegerl beat Baum 11-9, 11-8, 11-6

Table Tennis is called Tischtennis in Germany.

Zhang Jike redeems himself at the Asian Table Tennis Championships final; China wins

China became champions for the nth time at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya, Thailand. In a one-sided battle, China beat Japan 3-0.
   
Xu Xin beat Maharu Yoshimura 11-7, 13-11, 11-5
Fan Zhendong beat Koki Niwa 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
Zhang Jike beat Yuya Oshima 11-8, 1-11, 11-8, 11-9

Zhang Jike shocked by Jang Woojin at Pattaya

Jang Woojin shocked super star Table Tennis player and Grand Slam winner Zhang Jike in the semi-finals of the Championship division team event at the Asian Table Tennis Championships. China still managed to beat Korea 3-1 as Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin posted victories over their rivals.

In the other semi finals, Japan beat Chinese Taipei 3-0. Japan's victory is creditable because they won without their star, Jun Mizutani.

China faces Japan in the finals to decide the team winner at Pattaya. The match starts at 19:00 local time in Pattaya, Thailand.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF.

Five star Mumbai City Table Tennis tournament at Matunga Gymkhana

The 5 star Mumbai City District Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held at Matunga Gymkhana from October 2 to 4, 2015.

Players will vie for honours in 15 categories.

Sitaram Gamre will be the Chief Referee for the tournament.

Update: Indian men finish 8th at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Pattaya, Thailand

India lost to Iran 2-3 to finish 8th at the Asian Table Tennis Championships. Ironically, India had beaten Iran 3-0 in an earlier encounter in the same tournament.

Germany and Austria reach the finals of the European Table Tennis Championships at Ekaterinburg

Germany just beat France 3-1 to advance to the finals of the 2015 edition of the European TT Championships.

Austria continued their dream run by beating Belarus to get a chance to stake a claim for the prestigious team title.

Germany bt France

Dimitrij Ovtcharov beat Emmanuel Lebesson 3-0
Filus Ruwen lost to Simon Gauzy 2-3
Patrick Baum beat Stephane Ouaiche 3-1
Dimitrij Ovtcharov beat Simon Gauzy 3-0

Thiago Monteiro and Jeon Jihee bag Chile Open Table Tennis titles

Brazilian Thiago Monteiro beat Hampus Soderlund 4-2 (6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9) to win the Men's singles title at the Chile Open tournament at Santiago. He was the top seed in the Challenge ITTF World tour event.

The Women's final was an all-Korean affair in which Jeon Jihee beat Yoon Sunae 12-10,12-10,11-6,11-7.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF

India lose to China in the Asian Table Tennis Championships

China, playing without its top player, World Champion Ma Long, was still powerful enough to beat India by the expected 3-0 margin.

Xu Xin took China to 1-0 by beating Harmeet Desai 11-9, 11-9 and 11-3. Chinese great Zhang Jike enhanced the score by overcoming G Sathiyan 11-5, 11-3, and 11-4. Young Fan Zhendong completed the rout and put an end to India's challenge by beating National Champion Soumyajit Ghosh 11-6, 11-7, and 11-8.

Amrutha Pushpak and Sachin Vishwanath bag double crowns

Amrutha Pushpak stole the limelight by winning a double crown at the recent State Ranking Table Tennis tournament. 

She beat N Vidya and S Selena Deepthi in the Women's and Youth girls finals. 

Sushmit Sriram won the Men's title while Sachin Vishwanath won a double by capturing the Youth and Junior boys singles titles.

Other winners:

Mini Cadet boys - S Preyesh bt S Manikandan 3-0
Cadet boys - D Vishwa bt G VArun 3-0
Sub Junior boys - Shriram Kannan bt J Karan 4-2
Junior boys - Sachin Vishwanath bt R Santosh Kumar 4-1 
Youth boys - Sachin V bt S Nikhil 4-1
Men's singles - Sushmit Sriram bt S Nikhil 4-3

Mini Cadet girls - VS Nehal bt Mokshita 3-0
Cadet girls - B Kavya Shree bt Shreya Shivakumar 3-1
Sub-jr: V Kowshika bt Yogashree 4-1
Junior: S Selena Deepthi bt CR Harshavardhini 4-2
Youth: Amrutha Pushpak bt Selena 4-1
Women: Amrutha bt N Vidya 4-2

Naina Suri and Pankaj Sidana are champions

Naina Suri and Pankaj Sidana won the Women's and Men's titles at the 2nd Chandigarh Ranking Table Tennis tournament. While Naina beat Shelly Dhawan, Pankaj overcame resistance from Dev Saini.

Pankaj won a double crown by winning the Youth Boys title.

Results:

Womens

Naina Suri beat Shelly Dhawan 4-2

Mens

Pankaj Sidana beat Dev Saini 4-2

Youth Girls

Kalyani beat Pareen Verma 4-1

Youth Boys

Pankaj Sidana beat Shaurya Gupta 4-0