It was upsets galore at the WTT Star Contender event in Chennai on Friday, with Snehit Suravajjula and Krittwika Sinha Roy entering the round of 16 to emerge as the unexpected headliners. Facing the big-hitting Japanese World No. 29 Yukiya Uda in the round of 32 wasn’t an easy task for local wildcard Snehit. In … Read more
India head coach Massimo Costantini, who had just returned to India with the national table tennis team after a week-long training camp in Sweden, said he’s looking forward to some exciting rounds of table tennis, with the WTT Star Contender Chennai set to begin on Thursday. The 66-year-old Italian picked Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina … Read more
Achanta Sharath Kamal, India’s most celebrated paddler, has announced his retirement from table tennis with the upcoming WTT (World Table Tennis) Star Contender in Chennai set to be his last outing. The 10-time National singles champion must be a content man. At 42, the five-time Olympian is the highest-ranked Indian in the world – 42nd … Read more
Achanta Sharath Kamal is set to retire from table tennis at a time when the sport is probably getting the sustained attention it has never experienced before. The country has been performing well and breaking new ground at the international level. It has also a popular franchise league in Ultimate Table Tennis. To a large … Read more
A mouthwatering clash featuring Indian stars Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, tickets priced as low as ₹49, an air-conditioned venue on a sultry Friday evening, easy accessibility to local transport, and ambient LED lights flashing in sync with peppy Tamil numbers. A five-minute contemplation might throw up five more reasons why it could have … Read more
Chennai, a city steeped in rich culture and heritage along the sultry southern coast of India, loves cinema. Here, movies form a world unto themselves, encompassing the very heart and soul of the denizens. Megastars attain the stature of demigods, with their life-sized flex vinyl posters showered with milk during weekend releases and their larger-than-life … Read more
The home team, Chennai Lions, didn’t have anything to lose. Neither did Puneri Paltan Table Tennis. But both sides had everything to play for on Tuesday. A semifinal spot in Ultimate Table Tennis, after all, was up for grabs. And the host almost did it, with an unheard-of scoreline of 12-3, that somehow keeps it … Read more
The penultimate day of the league stage in this year’s Ultimate Table Tennis was synonymous with the reaction image of film director Martin Scorsese raising his hands captioned with the catchphrase “absolute cinema”. The host Chennai Lions, languishing at the bottom of the UTT table with 25 points in 4 ties, needed to win 13 … Read more