Upsets at the South Zone National Ranking Table tennis tournament at Dharwad

Birdie Boro beat World top 100 player Harmeet Desai 4-2 (-5, 3, 5, 9, -9, 7) at the South Zone Indian National Ranking tournament at Dharwad. Several juniors are challenging our established seniors, which is a very good sign. Other examples are Siddhesh beating Raj Mondal, and Ananth Devarajan taking a game off Sharath and playing a couple of close games.

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Table tennis equipment brands in India

Here's a list of the most popular Table tennis brands in India. Please drop an email to editor@tabletennisbug.com if you want a professional research paper on this topic.

Tibhar
Butterfly
Donic
Andro
Nittakku
Stiga
Joola
Yasaka
GKI
Stag
Xiom
DHS
Yinhe

Tomokazu Harimoto rises to 13th in Men's World rankings

Teenage sensation Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan rose from 20th to 13th in this month's World Table Tennis rankings published by the ITTF.

Harimoto in various categories:

Men's - 13th in the world
Under 21 age group - 2nd (behind Fan Zhendong)
Under 18 age group - 1st in the world
Under 15 age group - 1st in the world