TTFI postpones all National Championships across categories due to COVID-19 surge
Other Sports | January 04, 2022 23:24 ISTThe table tennis federation decided to put on hold the Senior Nationals, slated in Shillong from January 22 to 29.
The table tennis federation decided to put on hold the Senior Nationals, slated in Shillong from January 22 to 29.
The 39-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist paddler tweeted alongside a picture of him on a hospital bed.
Batra had another opportunity to create history but she faltered yet again, losing the women's doubles quarterfinals with her partner Archana Kamath in straight games.
Manika and Archana Kamath defeated Hungary's Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4 11-9 6-11 11-7 in the women's doubles round of 16 here on Friday.
G Sathiyan lost 3-4 (9-11, 11-7, 15-13, 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11) to the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Quadri Aruna of Nigeria in the men's singles. With Sathiyan's loss, India's singles campaign at the tournament came to an end.
The world number 37 from India defeated his 179th-ranked opponent Russia's Vladimir Sidorenko 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 in the round of 64.
Sharath Kamal bowed out of the men's singles competition in the first round while Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the women's singles second round.
Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan, the higher-ranked team, defeated Chew Zhe Yu Clarence and Beh Kun Ting of Singapore 3-0 in their quarter-final match
In the semifinals, the clinical South Koreans proved too tough for the Indians who failed to win a single tie.
Japan's world No.19 Hitomi Sato tamed Sreeja Akula 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 in the first match, while Archana Kamath went down fighting to Saki Shibata 12-1- 7-11 4-11 12-10 9-11.
India, who had made it to the Champions Division after their stellar showing in the last edition, were also handed a direct entry into the eight-team main draw of the ITTF-ATTU joint event.
The Delhi High Court Monday sought the Centre's stand on a petition by Manika Batra, who was left out of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Asian Table Tennis Championships by TTFI.
Bhavina Patel, after securing Silver Medal on her Paralympic Games debut in Tokyo, returned to India.
Paralympics silver medallist Bhavina credited her success to the TT Robot (Butterfly - Amicus Prime), which cost Rs 2,73,500, and an Ottobock Wheelchair, costing Rs 2,84,707, for her success.
Manika wants to continue with her training regimen in Pune while Sathiyan is playing in the Polish league.
Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel claimed a historic silver medal in table tennis (class 4) event at the Tokyo Paralympics, thus opening India's medal account at the Games.
Bhavinaben Patel bagged a silver medal in table tennis (class 4) after conceding a straight-game defeat to China's Ying Zhou.
Diagnosed with polio when she was 12 months old, the 34-year-old is now scripting history at will, having become the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the showpiece.
The 34-year-old from Gujarat stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes.
Patel scripted history on Saturday when she stunned her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 3-2 to become the first Indian table tennis player to reach the Paralympics final.
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