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
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
Five Indian pairs have been seeded in the doubles (men’s, women’s & mixed) section of the WTT Star Contender table tennis tournament to be held in Chennai, set to be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium from March 25 to 30.. The duo of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah is seeded No. 1 in men’s … Read more
Manav Thakkar has broken into the ITTF World Rankings Top 50 for the first time, claiming the No. 47 spot — a significant achievement in his table tennis career. Meanwhile, Snehit Suravajjula has broken into the Top 100 for the first time, securing No. 89. In a poignant turn, Sharath Kamal, who had announced his … Read more
For Puerto Rico, what Monica Puig is to tennis or how much Jasmine Camacho-Quinn means for track and field, Adriana Diaz is that athlete for table tennis. It is no mean feat for a small Caribbean island with a population of just 32 lakh to have a top athlete in table tennis, a sport dominated … Read more
Manav Thakkar became India’s first-ever man to reach the semifinals of a WTT Star Contender event with a come-from-behind win over Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon in Chennai on Saturday. Down one game to two and trailing 2-6 in the fourth, Thakkar had an incredible streak of eighteen points to turn the match on its head. The … Read more
On a day when Achanta Sharath Kamal, 42, began the last tournament of his professional career, 14-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick took her first steps at the senior level with a performance that defied her age. Two matches before Sharath’s much-awaited men’s singles opener against Anirban Ghosh, Divyanshi stepped onto the show court at the Nehru Indoor … 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
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
The WTT Star Contender, to be held from March 25 to 30 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, will feature a host of Indian table tennis stars, including Sharath Kamal. Sharath, India’s most decorated paddler, is set to retire in front of his home crowd. Indian paddlers Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra, both … Read more