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
Achanta Sharath Kamal learnt the sport of Table Tennis in hometown Chennai and then played it professionally for over two decades. Life came full circle for the five-time Olympian as that journey ended with a 3-0 (9-11, 8-11, 9-11) loss to compatriot Snehit Suravajalla in the round of 16 at the WTT Star Contender here … Read more
Manav Thakkar’s historic run at the WTT Star Contender event in Chennai ended with a 1-3 (10-12, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11) defeat to Thibault Poret in the semifinals on Sunday. The 20-year-old Frenchman edged out local hope Thakkar, the first-ever Indian man to reach the last-four stage at this level, in half an hour on the … 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
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
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
The Indians who will receive the wild cards for the main draw of the WTT Star Contender table tennis tournament to be held here from March 25 to 30 have been confirmed. For the men’s competition, wild card entries were granted to Indians SFR Snehit, Manush Shah, and to international players Park Ganghyeon (Korea) and … Read more