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
It was upsets galore at the WTT Star Contender event in Chennai on Friday, with Snehit Suravajjula and Krittwika Sinha Roy entering the round of 16 to emerge as the unexpected headliners. Facing the big-hitting Japanese World No. 29 Yukiya Uda in the round of 32 wasn’t an easy task for local wildcard Snehit. In … Read more
Achanta Sharath Kamal began the last event of his professional table tennis career without jeopardy as he won his openers in both men’s singles and doubles at the WTT Star Contender event in Chennai on Thursday. Sharath, a five-time Olympian and a 10-time national champion, and Snehit Suravajjula, 18 years his junior, took down the … Read more