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Sathiyan-Manika reach mix doubles quarters at WTT Contender Indian paddlers began their campaign in the WTT Contender on an impressive note with the mixed doubles pair of paddlers Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra moving into the quarterfinals on Wednesday. In the singles category, both Manika and Sharath Kamal Achanta registered wins over players ranked much higher on the rankings table to make it to the last 16 stage. In mixed doubles, Sathiyan and Batra registered a hard-fought 3-2 win over Tin-Tin Ho and Samuel Walker of England. The...
Sathiyan-Manika reach mix doubles quarters at WTT Contender
Sathiyan-Manika reach mix doubles quarters at WTT Contender
Source: IANS
19/01/2023 3:07:21 PM
Table tennis: WTT Champions, Cup Finals to take place in China in October World Table Tennis (WTT) has announced the WTT Champions and WTT Cup Finals will be held in China in October after the Chengdu 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships. From October 19 to 23, the WTT Champions in Macao will gather the top 30 men and women paddlers from the ITTF world rankings published on August 23, and two wildcards. It will be the last opportunity for players to earn ranking points and qualify for the WTT Cup Finals to be held in Xinxiang, central China's H...
Table tennis: WTT Champions, Cup Finals to take place in China in October
Table tennis: WTT Champions, Cup Finals to take place in China in October
Source: IANS
15/09/2022 2:04:23 PM
`Unforgettable moment`: CWG 2022 Gold medallist Sreeja Akula on meeting with PM Modi Sreeja Akula, who recently claimed the gold medal in the Mixed-Doubles Table Tennis event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence in New Delhi. Speaking about the grand event in New Delhi, Sreeja described it as a moment she would never forget. "It was an honour for me to meet with Hon'ble PM Modi and to hear his inspiring words. Being felicitated by him is one moment I will cherish forever. I am grateful for s...
`Unforgettable moment`: CWG 2022 Gold medallist Sreeja Akula on meeting with PM Modi
`Unforgettable moment`: CWG 2022 Gold medallist Sreeja Akula on meeting with PM Modi
Source: IANS
16/08/2022 4:36:24 PM
Indian women TT players to get equal pay, awards: CoA In a landmark order to end gender inequality, a three-member Committee of Administrators -- which runs the day-to-day affairs of the Table Tennis Federation of India -- on Thursday decided that women and girl players shall receive equal pay, awards and prize money as their male counterparts in all tournaments and competitions. The committee expressed deep concern over the discriminatory treatment meted out to women and girl players in table tennis in the context of award of prize money and...
Indian women TT players to get equal pay, awards: CoA
Indian women TT players to get equal pay, awards: CoA
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13/05/2022 3:02:59 PM
World TT C'ships: G Sathiyan enters round of 32, keeps India's singles hopes alive ndian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran advanced to the men's singles round of 32 at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals with a 4-0 win over Table Tennis Federation of Russia's Vladimir Sidorenko, here. The world number 37 from India beat Sidorenko 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 in the round of 64 on Wednesday to set up a third-round clash against Nigeria's Quadri Aruna. With the win, Sathiyan kept India's singles challenge alive at the tournament as Ayhika Mukherjee lost ...
World TT C'ships: G Sathiyan enters round of 32, keeps India's singles hopes alive
World TT C'ships: G Sathiyan enters round of 32, keeps India's singles hopes alive
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25/11/2021 5:35:09 PM
World TT C'ships Finals: Sathiyan, Ayhika move to next round; Manika, Sharath bow out India paddlers Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the next round while the likes of Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal crashed out of the tournament on the opening day of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals, here. Tokyo Olympian G Sathiyan beat Ukraine's Yaroslav Zhmudenko 4-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-4, 11-3) in the men's singles round of 128 on Tuesday to set up a clash against Table Tennis Federation of Russia's Vladimir Sidorenko in the round of 64. Howe...
World TT C'ships Finals: Sathiyan, Ayhika move to next round; Manika, Sharath bow out
World TT C'ships Finals: Sathiyan, Ayhika move to next round; Manika, Sharath bow out
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25/11/2021 12:19:30 PM
Olympics: Japanese duo, Boll ousted from men's singles table tennis Local favorites Tomokazu Harimoto and Koki Niwa, as well as six-time Olympian Timo Boll of Germany, failed to reach the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympic Games table tennis men's singles event with defeats here on Tuesday. The third seeded Harimoto, just 18 years old, was denied the chance to advance further after just two matches at his first Olympics, losing 10-12, 11-9, 11-3, 10-12, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7 to Slovenia's Darko Jorgic, 22, who played one more game as a lower-rated parti...
Olympics: Japanese duo, Boll ousted from men's singles table tennis
Olympics: Japanese duo, Boll ousted from men's singles table tennis
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28/07/2021 10:52:17 AM
Olympics: Sharath Kamal reaches third round with hard-fought win India's Achanta Sharath Kamal reached the third round of the men's singles table tennis competition, fighting back from a game down to beat Tiago Apolonia of Portugal 4-2 in 49 minutes at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. The 39-year-old Kamal, who had a bye in the first round, started off slowly as the Portuguese player raced away with the first game. Sharath got into his rhythm in the second game and went on to win 2-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in a well-fought encounter. The...
Olympics: Sharath Kamal reaches third round with hard-fought win
Olympics: Sharath Kamal reaches third round with hard-fought win
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26/07/2021 11:32:07 AM
Olympics: Syrian 12-year-old Hend youngest athlete at Tokyo  Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza, who is just 12 years old, is set to become the youngest athlete to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. Hend is also the first Syrian to compete in Olympic table tennis through a qualification round. She had beaten Lebanese player Mariana Sahakian to make it to the 2020 Tokyo Games. Hend has been playing table tennis from the age of five and at six, she competed at the World Hopes Week and Challenge event in Doha, Qatar where she was spotted by a...
Olympics: Syrian 12-year-old Hend youngest athlete at Tokyo
Olympics: Syrian 12-year-old Hend youngest athlete at Tokyo
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23/07/2021 11:39:01 AM
France gets North Korea`s women`s TT team quota for Olympics France has accepted the team quota reallocation from North Korea to play in the women's team event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced on Tuesday. North Korea had withdrawn from Olympics in April citing coronavirus fears. The French National Olympic Committee (NOC) had confirmed Yuan Jia Nan and Prithika Pavade as the two players previously qualified, and Stephanie Loeuillette was added as the third player to the team, reports Xinhu...
France gets North Korea`s women`s TT team quota for Olympics
France gets North Korea`s women`s TT team quota for Olympics
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22/06/2021 3:19:05 PM
World TT championship to be held in Houston in November The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said that new dates from November 23 to 29 were decided for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and the tournament will be staged in Houston, United States as originally planned. "After positive weeks of discussions with the Harris County Sports Authority, USATT and USOPC, the decision was to go ahead. Necessary adjustments will be put in place to cater for the current ongoing worldwide pandemic; thus, ensuring the event will be s...
World TT championship to be held in Houston in November
World TT championship to be held in Houston in November
Source: IANS
14/04/2021 1:53:24 PM