Indian paddler Sreeja Akula ended her women’s singles campaign at the WTT Contender Lagos as runner-up after losing 1-4 to Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto in the summit clash on Saturday. In the 48-minute final, Hashimoto put considerable distance between herself and Sreeja, the defending champion, after winning the first three games 11-7, 11-3, 11-4. However, the … Read more
Sreeja Akula followed up her stunning victory over top seed Hina Hayata with back-to-back victories to seal a place in the semifinals of the WTT Contender Lagos on Friday. The 26-year-old started the day by defeating Italian Debora Vivarelli 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-1 to seal a place in the quarterfinals. She backed the performance up … Read more
“Sports is all about ups and downs. I just have to accept it, take the learnings and move on,” says Sreeja Akula. A year ago, the 26-year-old paddler from Hyderabad was in the form of her life. At the WTT Star Contender event in Goa, she was the only home player to reach the quarterfinals. … Read more
Sreeja Akula, fresh off two straight victories in singles, would probably rank Thursday’s win at the Ultimate Table Tennis season 6 the highest. She took down Bernadette Szocs, World No. 12 and the highest-ranked player in the league, as Jaipur Patriots edged U Mumba 8-7 in front of barely 100 people at the EKA Arena. … Read more
Indian women’s doubles pairs of Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee and Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale won their respective Round of 64 matches while Sreeja Akula was knocked out at the Table Tennis World Championships 2025 in Doha on Saturday. Sreeja started on the right foot by winning the first game but Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut rallied back and won … 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
Ayhika Mukherjee saved India’s blushes after she came from behind to help the women’s team beat South Korea 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan on Tuesday. With this win, the Indian women’s team confirmed its first-ever medal at the Asian championships hosted by the Asian Table Tennis … 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
Indian challenge at the WTT Champions event in Frankfurt, Germany, ended on Tuesday after Sreeja Akula lost to Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz in straight games in the opening round. World No. 15 Diaz won 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-8) against World No. 24 Sreeja in just 18 minutes. READ | WTT Champions: Manika Batra’s campaign ends … Read more
Just like badminton, table tennis was also another sport to be axed from the list of disciplines of the upcoming 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Despite this exclusion, Indian table tennis ticked off a number of firsts this year, with a couple of international stars calling time on their illustrious careers. Here are some … Read more