The Ultimate Table Tennis league made its Ahmedabad debut on Saturday and fittingly, it was Gujarat-lad Harmeet Desai and his wife Krittwika Roy who came up with performances to remember. In the second tie of the Season 6’s opening day, Desai’s Goa Challengers began its title defence with a 10-5 victory over home side Ahmedabad … Read more
If one were to inaugurate a ‘Two-time Ultimate Table Tennis champions’ club, Athlead Goa Challengers would be the only franchise dropping its business card at the registration desk. As if it wasn’t already difficult to reclaim the title, Harmeet Desai and Co. accomplished the same in successive editions, beating Dabang Delhi TTC on Saturday at … Read more
Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah rose to 11th spot in men’s doubles in the latest ITTF rankings released on Tuesday. The Indian duo of Manav and Manush reached the quarterfinals of the recently concluded China Smash tournament and as a result, jumped five spots. Eighth seeded Manav and Manush received a bye in the opening … Read more
Indian men’s team finished with its third straight bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday after losing 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in the semifinals. India also bagged bronze medals in 2021 and 2023. Sharath Kamal went down 0-3 (7-11, 10-12, 9-11) to Lin Yun-Ju in the opening singles rubber. In the … Read more
Manika Batra moved up to 26th in the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Indian gained four spots after her run to the quarterfinals of the WTT Champions event in Montpellier. She defeated USA’s Lily Zhang in the first round before shocking World No. 14 Bernadette Szocs in … Read more
Regardless of whether the draw is favourable, Indian paddler Harmeet Desai believes he can perform well and make a deep run at the WTT Star Contender Chennai, scheduled from March 25 to 30. The main draw begins on March 27. With top-ranked players such as World No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto, World No. 6 Hugo … Read more