After the second game of her debut against Kolkata Thunder Blades’ Selena Selvakumar on Monday, Fan Siqi headed towards Chennai Lions’ team box where coach Jorg Bitzigeio was ready with the strategy for the third and final one. But the instructions had to be translated from English to Mandarin. For the first time since Wu … Read more
On a day when Achanta Sharath Kamal, 42, began the last tournament of his professional career, 14-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick took her first steps at the senior level with a performance that defied her age. Two matches before Sharath’s much-awaited men’s singles opener against Anirban Ghosh, Divyanshi stepped onto the show court at the Nehru Indoor … Read more
Achanta Sharath Kamal began the last event of his professional table tennis career without jeopardy as he won his openers in both men’s singles and doubles at the WTT Star Contender event in Chennai on Thursday. Sharath, a five-time Olympian and a 10-time national champion, and Snehit Suravajjula, 18 years his junior, took down the … Read more
After two days of intense qualifying action, the main draw of the WTT Star Contender Chennai is set to commence at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on Thursday with major focus on Achanta Sharath Kamal. The 42-year-old Sharath, a five-time Olympian and a 10-time national champion, will retire from professional table tennis in front of his … Read more