Ultimate Table Tennis League 2019 kicks off today

The 2019 edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league starts on 25th July 2019 when the Dabang Delhi team takes on Puneri Paltan at the Thyagaraj stadium in the national capital city, Delhi.

Amir Khan is promoting the league, whose Chairperson is Mrs.Vita Dani.

Padma Shri presented to Sharath Kamal

Indian Table tennis champion, Achanta Sharath Kamal was honoured with the Padma Shri yesterday.

Indian Table tennis ranked in top 10 in the World!

Breaking news! And this is huge!

India is ranked in the top 10 in the world. Definitely the highest in the new millennium. Thanks to the high rankings of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet and other team members, India is now rated ahead of teams that have Samsonov, Freitas, etc in their ranks!

Congratulations team India, TTFI, Sports Ministry, Department of Sports, support teams, and fans!

Sathiyan, Manika fly to new highs

G Sathiyan and Manika Batra reached new high rankings of 28 and 47 respectively. Their previous month rankings stood at 31 and 51.

These are indeed new highest rankings in the new millennium. Table tennis is growing in popularity mainly due to the exploits of stars like Manika, Sharath, and Sathiyan. There are multiple generations of Table tennis players now ready to take the country to newer highs.

Sharath Kamal, the first Indian Table Tennis player to be honoured with the Padma Shri

Achanta Sharath Kamal, with two historic medals at the Asian games and more medals at the Commonwealth Games was conferred the Padma Shri. This was announced before the Republic day 2019.

President of India Ramnath Kovind confers Manika Batra and G Sathiyan with Arjuna awards

Manika Batra and G Sathiyan received their Arjuna awards from the President of India in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati bhavan.

Table tennis clubs and Table tennis academies in Bengaluru

The following are some Table tennis clubs and academies in Bangalore:

Match Point Table tennis academy
SKIES Table Tennis academy
The Malleshwaram association
Gopalan Sports center
Canara Union
BNM Table Tennis
Horizon Table tennis academy
Tenvic

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Many Indian group matches at the Australian Open Table tennis tournament today

Harmeet Desai will start his match at 6 PM (Geelong time) at the Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open at Geelong. Sathiyan and Sharath will play their matches next followed by Manav a little later in the day. Sanil and Amalraj have already played their first matches yesterday. Sharath and Sathiyan have relatively easy opposition while Manav faces the formidable Maharu Yoshimura.

In the Women's singles, India's star player Manika Batra plays her match tomorrow. In a bizzare pairing, Sutirtha Mukherjee will face off against Ayhika Mukherjee in a group match. Bizzare because they've traveled thousands of kilometers to play at the Australian open from their home where they live just some kilometers apart! Pooja Sahasrabuddhe Koparkar won her tough group match earlier.

Photo courtesy of the ITTF. Only for representational purposes.

Table tennis training centers and clubs in Mumbai

There are several training centers and Table tennis clubs in and around Mumbai. The city and it's suburbs has seen the rise of many national and international players. Some of the famous players who are active currently in Mumbai and Thane are Sanil Shetty, Ravindra Kotiyan, Madhurika Patkar Torgalkar, Divya Deshpande, Siddhesh Pande, Sanish Ambekar, and others.

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The following are some of the clubs and training centers in Mumbai:

*Matunga Gymkhana
*NSCI, Worli
*Guru Table tennis center
*RCF Table tennis court, Chembur
*JLTTA Vile Parle
*Supreme Table tennis academy, Malad
*Achiever's Table tennis academy, Andheri
*P3 Sports Academy in Powai

Manika Batra profile

Manika is a star sports person who is fast becoming a household name. For those who are not already aware, so who is this new Star on the horizon of Indian sports, Manika Batra?

Manika Batra is a Table tennis player from Delhi who has catapulted herself and her sport into the limelight. She won the most medals as an individual from India at the Commonwealth games at Gold coast in 2018.

Manika is attracting increasing attention in India as Prime Minister has shown his appreciation for her international achievements. He tweeted about her medals at the Commonwealth games and recently sent her a fitness challenge, which was also sent to H D Kumaraswamy (Karnataka Chief Minister) and IPS officers.

Manika will be in action at the Ultimate Table Tennis Challenge league, which starts at Pune from 14th of June, 2018. This is the second season of the league.

Major achievements

Asian Games
Bronze medal - 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta Palembang Mixed doubles (with Sharath Kamal)

Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – 2018 Gold Coast Women's team
Gold medal – 2018 Gold Coast Women's singles
Silver medal – 2018 Gold Coast Women's doubles
Bronze medal – 2018 Gold Coast Mixed doubles

South Asian Games
Gold medal – 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Women's team
Gold medal – 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Women's doubles
Gold medal – 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Mixed doubles
Silver medal – 2016 Guwahati/Shillong Women's singles

National Championships
Gold medal - Hyderabad (January 2017) Women'singles
Gold medal - Guwahati 2013 Youth Girls singles
Gold medal - Alappuzha 2014 Youth Girls singles
Gold medal - Dharamshala 2015 Youth Girls singles