India's three-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games medalist Manika Batra and Manav Thakkar will lead India's eight-member squad at the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2025 in Chengdu, China, starting Sunday.
India's star paddler Manika Batra crashed out of the World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025 after enduring a defeat against the Republic of Korea's Ga-Hyeon Park in her women's round of 64 match in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Manav Thakkar's historic run came to an end in the penultimate round, leaving him as the sole Indian male player to have reached a WTT Star Contender Semifinal. South Korea's Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin, meanwhile, won the Mixed Doubles title with a straight-games victo
Sharath led three more Indians into the Round of 16 after Manav Thakkar and Snehit Suravajjula progressed from Men's Singles while Krittwika Roy advanced from Women's Singles, as per a press release from WTT.
Veteran Sharath Kamal, competing in men's Group 3, bounced back from his loss on the opening day with a dominant 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-7) win over Yemen's Ebrahim Gubran
Team India is set to participate in the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2024 table tennis tournament in Chengdu, China from December 1 to 8 which will be led by Manush Shah, Manav Thakkar and Poymantee Baisya.
In the semifinals of the men's team category, India lost to Chinese Taipei by 0-3. As a part of this competition, both losing semifinal teams are given a bronze medal.
Defending champions Athlead Goa Challengers will look for the final push to stay in the race for the playoffs of the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 when they lock horns with U Mumba TT in their last league encounters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday.
Manav Thakkar pulled off a nail-biting victory against the experienced Achanta Sharath Kamal as U Mumba TT defeated Chennai Lions 8-7 in an exciting clash of the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
U Mumba TT will look to strengthen their playoff hopes against eighth-placed Chennai Lions when the teams meet for their Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 tie at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Friday.
Mumba TT and Ahmedabad SG Pipers will be aiming to grab their second win in Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 when they meet at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.