ultimate /ˈʌltɪmət/ (adjective) being the best or most extreme example of its kind It has been seven years since the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) saw the light of day. Since its inception, the franchise-based league, conducted under the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), has gone from strength to strength. With five … Read more
The Indian men’s table tennis team secured itself a third consecutive medal at the Asian Championships, defeating Kazakhstan 3-1 in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. India men had won bronze in the previous two editions in 2023 and 2021. Prior to the men’s event, the women’s team lost to Japan 1-3 in the semifinal to end … 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
Chinese Olympic table tennis champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng on Friday announced they were quitting the WTT World Tour, refusing to pay fines for not participating in tournaments. Fan posted on social media site Weibo he could not “afford” to pay fines under new participation rules and would “withdraw from the world rankings”. “I … Read more
The World Table Tennis Star Contender will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai for the first time from March 25 to 30. The previous two editions (2023 and 2024) were held in Goa. The qualifying rounds will be held on March 25 and 26, and the main draw is scheduled between … Read more
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), on Wednesday, announced the introduction of a new mixed team event for table tennis at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The addition means that the Olympic table tennis programme will now feature men’s and women’s singles, the return of men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and, for the first … Read more
Teenagers Miwa Harimoto and Oh Jun-sung clinched the women’s and men’s singles titles, respectively, at the WTT Star Contender event at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Second seed Harimoto took down 13th seed Honoka Hashimoto 4-2 (9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7) in an all-Japanese summit clash to clinch the fourth and … Read more