London, May 6 (IANS) India’s campaign at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 ended disappointingly as both the men’s and women’s teams lost in the round of 32 at the OVO Arena Wembley in London. The Indian men’s team faced a 3-0 defeat against Austria, while the women’s team lost 3-1 to the United States. This marked the end of what had been promising runs in the group stages.In the men’s match, World No. 51 Manush Shah fought hard in the first game but narrowly lost 3-2 (6…
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London, April 30 (IANS) Indian men staged a spirited comeback to edge past Slovakia 3–2 in a gripping Group 7 encounter at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships here. With the win, India climbed to the top of the Group 7 standings and strengthened their position ahead of their next tie against Guatemala. The contest ebbed and flowed before India sealed victory through resilience and composure under pressure.Slovakia drew first blood as Lubomir Pistej, ranked 149, used his experience t…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) UP Prometheans made full use of their purse, bringing together top Indian star Manav Thakkar—one of the world’s leading doubles players—and two-time league MVP Yangzi Liu in a standout combination at the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 auction held in Mumbai on Tuesday. Reigning champion Bernadette Szocs emerged as the highest-valued player at 40 L tokens, joining two-time winners Dempo Goa Challengers, while Diya Chitale was the highest-valued Indian for the s…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Experienced Indian paddlers Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra have been retained ahead of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 auction, with Indian standout players Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, and Diya Chitale returning to the player roster. UTT Auction: Sathiyan, Manika retained; Manav, Manush, Diya return to poolNew Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Experienced Indian paddlers Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra have been retained ahead of the Ultimate Table Tennis …
Chennai, Feb 14 (IANS) Fourth seeds Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade sealed their berth in the mixed doubles final with ease, while Sathiyan G. registered a hard-fought win to reach his first-ever men’s singles quarterfinals in the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Saturday.Desai and Ghorpade were in total command in the all-Indian mixed doubles semifinal, beating wild card Payas Jain and Syndrela Das 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, …
Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset Japanese 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa, while qualifier Nithya Mani packed off 14th seed Minhyung Jee of Australia to reach the men’s and women’s singles pre-quarterfinals in the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Friday.Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert h…
Chennai, Feb 13 (IANS) Snehit Suravajjula saved six match points in the decider to upset 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa of Japan to reach the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Friday.Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert his third match point to win 3-2 (9-11, 15-17, 11-4, 11-6, 18-16) in 52 minutes to set up…
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) India’s top mixed doubles combination of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale, and youngster Ankur Bhattacharjee registered contrasting wins to advance in the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Thursday.Manush and Diya, who recently won the WTT Contender Muscat 2026, were pushed to the brink by the Korean qualifiers as they saved three match points before the home favourites emerged victorious 3-2 (10-12, 11-6…
Chennai, Feb 11 (IANS) Top Indian players looking to make it to the business end of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 will have their tasks cut out as they were handed a rather tricky draw at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University in Chennai on Wednesday.Last edition’s semifinalist Manav Thakkar, the experienced Sathiyan G and WTT Feeder Series Vadodara 2026 winner Manush Shah have received a bye in the opening round of the event co-hosted by Ultimate Table Tennis, Sharath Kam…
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) WTT Feeder Series Vadodara 2026 women’s singles finalist Anusha Kutumbale and WTT Youth Contender Vadodara 2026 boy’s u-19 singles winner Priyanuj Bhattacharyya lead India’s host wild card entrant list as the hosts will field a record 23 players in the main draw with a total of 33 entries in the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026, co-hosted by Ultimate Table Tennis, Sharath Kamal Academy with the support of SDAT scheduled to be held at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education a…