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Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024: Ayhika’s rescue act helps India beat South Korea in quarterfinals, ensures first-ever medal

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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

Table Tennis Rankings: Manika Batra moves up to 26th, Sreeja stays at 25th after WTT Champions event in Montpellier

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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

WTT Champions Frankfurt: Sreeja, Manika lose in opening round

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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

2024 Year in Sport, Table tennis: Historic firsts, big retirements and a promising future

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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

National Table Tennis Championships 2025: Bengal’s Nandini Saha upsets defending champion Poymantee Baisya

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Perhaps spurred on by the loudspeakers blaring from the adjoining school to the Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium in Surat, the dark horses exceeded expectations and pushed the favourites to their limits in the 86th Senior National Table Tennis Championship. On Friday, young Nandini Saha of Bengal caused a major upset by ousting defending champion … Read more

WTT Star Contender Chennai: Japan’s Harimoto, Hayata to headline singles events

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World No. 4 Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan and Hina Hayata, World No. 5 from Japan, will headline the men’s and women’s singles at the WTT Star Contender Chennai, set to be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium from March 25 to 30. Other star paddlers include Hugo Calderano (Brazil), Omar Assar (Egypt), Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany), … Read more

WTT Champions Incheon 2025: Manika, Sreeja exit in first round to end Indian challenge

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Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula were ousted from the WTT Champions Incheon tournament in the first round at the Inspire Arena in South Korea. World No. 27 Manika lost to China’s Qian Tianyi 1-3 on Tuesday. The Indian did peg a game back to restore parity after conceding the lead in the match, but the … Read more

From Sreeja Akula’s purple patch to heartbreaks for Mike Tyson and Vinesh Phogat, what made news in 2024?

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The news of table tennis being excluded from the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games struck a sour note, but the paddlers delivered several inspiring performances over the past year. Sreeja Akula had her best year on the international circuit yet, winning singles titles in both the WTT Feeder and Contender series. She also registered an impressive win … Read more

WTT Contender 2025: Fully-fit Sreeja Akula confident ahead of run-up to World Championships

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Sreeja Akula, India’s second-highest-ranked paddler in the world at 33, only behind Manika Batra, hasn’t had a great start to the new year (2025), losing early in all five tournaments she has played in. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad, however, insisted she’s injury free and is looking forward to the main draw of the WTT Star … Read more

WTT Champions Chongqing: Manika Batra exits in first round

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Indian table tennis player Manika Batra crashed out of the WTT Champions Chongqing tournament after losing in straight games to Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kem in the first round at the Huaxi LIVE Yudong Arena on Wednesday. Doo took only just over 27 minutes to win the match 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 and enter the Round … Read more