There are 11 players in the Indian table tennis team. At the World Table Tennis Championships, India has only won two medals. At the first 1926 event, the men's team and SRG Suppiah in the men's singles both won bronze.
The franchise-based league, Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), is under the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has been a game changer for Indian table tennis since its inception in 2017.
In what will be a huge opportunity for the next generation of Indian Table Tennis, 15 Indian paddlers led by senior pro Harmeet Desai in men's singles and 13, led by world number 84 Archana Kamath in the women's singles, will look to grab one of the eight qualifying spots in each draw. As ma
Indian table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal along with Sathiyan Gnansekaran, Payas Jain & Wesley Do Rosario will lead the charge in the Men's Singles draw for India, while the Women's singles will see Manika Batra spearhead the Indian challenge with Sreeja Akula and Suhana Saini.
The boost follows Manika Batra's outstanding performance at the WTT Contender Doha last week when she advanced to the semifinals. The world No. 17 Chen Szu-Yu of Chinese Taipei was defeated in the opening match by the Indian table tennis (TT) star during the competition.
Star India paddler Manika Batra jumped three places in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) global rankings to achieve a career-best ranking of 35th in the women's singles category.
Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament on Saturday, becoming the first Indian female paddler to win a medal at the event.
The 10-time National champion Achanta Sharath Kamal has been going strong despite the rise of many young stars in Indian Table Tennis. He insists that setting goals and trying to set higher targets after every achievement has been his recipe for success.
The 29-year-old, who along with Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, began the medal charge on the international stage, sees great promise and potential in the next line of players
Players will be eyeing gold medal across the last few matches they will be playing to end the campaign on a positive note. Shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen would play their respective gold medal matches in the singles badminton event. At the men's hockey team India is eyeing for a win
The Indian table tennis duo of Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula registered a 3-1 win over the Malaysian pair of Javen Choong and Karen Lyne 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6.