Achanta Sharath Kamal's two-decade-long legendary career came to a close on Saturday with a Round of 16 loss to Snehit Suravajjula in Men's Singles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Chennai 2025.
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.
Meanwhile, top-seeded Japanese duo Tomokazu Harimoto and Sora Matsushima dominated their Men's Doubles clash, while Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara mirrored their success in the Women's Doubles draw, as per a press release from WTT.
Pairing up for Mixed Doubles, Asian Games medallist Ayhika Mukherjee and reigning three-time National Youth Champion Ankur Bhattacharjee sealed their place in the main draw of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025, overcoming Anirban Ghosh and Swastika Ghosh in a thrilling five-game battle on
Kamal, a five-time Olympian, had earlier announced his retirement from the sport after the WTT Star Contender. He is the current Commonwealth Games singles champion and country's flag bearer for India's Paris 2024 Olympics contingent.
Fourteen-year-old Divyanshi Bhowmick, dual gold medalist (U-15 & U-17) at the recently-concluded WTT Youth Contender Vadodara, became the most expensive buy at the Table Tennis Super League Maharashtra auction, joining PBG Pune Jaguars for Rs. 82,000, as per the TTSL press release.
India's legendary table tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal shed light on the moment he felt WTT Star Contender in Chennai would be his last tournament as a professional player.
With a formidable foreign lineup led by Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto (World Rank 4) and Hina Hayata (World Rank 5), the stage is set for an electrifying tournament kickoff on March 25. The WTT Star Contender Chennai men's and women's singles main draw will set a 48-player field, while the doubl
India's most decorated table tennis player, Sharath Kamal, announced his retirement from the sport, declaring that the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025, which is slated to take place from March 25, will be his last as a professional player.
Abhinandh showed some fight in the second set, pushing Ankur to the brink, but Ankur recovered quickly to take the third and final game very easily. Bhattacharjee won the category without dropping a single set, proving why he was the favourite to win the event from the start
Athlete Poymantee Baisya and her partner Akash Pal bagged silver medal in the mixed doubles category at the WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2025. The table tennis tournament was held in Turkiye between 17 and 21 February.
The partnership between Stupa Sports Analytics and Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) continues to redefine Indian table tennis and is set to enhance it further by bringing world-class international competition to Chennai for the first time with WTT Star Contender, as per a release from WTT.