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    newstabletennisa month ago

    Indian Table Tennis legend Venugopal Chandrasekhar passes away at 63

    Former Table Tennis player and three-time national champion Venugopal Chandrasekhar passed away at the age of 63, in Chennai, on Wednesday, due to Covid-19. Following his retirement, the Arjuna Awardee took up coaching and since then produced several successful players, like Sathiyan Gnanasekaran.
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    newstabletennisa month ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | Working on bringing more variation and pace to my game, reveals Gnansekaran Sathiyan

    Tokyo-bound Indian paddler Gnanasekaran Sathiyan revealed that he is working on bringing more variation and pace to his game. The Chennai-based athlete, who is also the reigning national champion, practised with robots during the lockdown to keep himself in shape and work on his speed.
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    newstabletennis2 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | An Olympic medal can lift the stature of Table Tennis in India, asserts Sharath Kamal

    Indian Table Tennis legend Sharath Kamal feels that the stature of the game in India would drastically rise if the nation wins an Olympic medal. The Chennai-based player, along with three others - Gnansekaran Sathiyan, Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee have qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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    newstabletennis2 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | This won't be the best Olympic Games, asserts Sharath Kamal

    India’s top-ranked Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal feels that the upcoming Olympics won’t be the best one, with the travel restrictions in place. The world no. 31 has already qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Games alongside Gnansekaran Sathiyan, Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee.
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    newstabletennis2 months ago

    Polish league is a big opportunity to 'polish' my skills, asserts Gnanasekaran Sathiyan

    Tokyo-bound paddler Gnanasekaran Sathiyan believes that the experience he gained from the Polish league will help him develop as a player. The 38th ranked player in the world will feature in the upcoming 2021 Olympics, along with the likes of Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, and Sutirtha Mukherjee.
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    newstabletennis3 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra receive official confirmation as Olympic entrants

    Indian Table Tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra received official confirmation of their participation in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, based on the latest listings in the world rankings. The quadrennial event is all set to kick start on July 23 and will conclude on August 8.
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    newstabletennis3 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | My best chance to win an Olympic medal, asserts Sharath Kamal

    Legendary Indian Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal feels that the 2021 Tokyo Games will be his best chance to win an Olympic medal. A total of four players – Sharath Kamal, Gnansekaran Sathiyan, Manika Batra, and Sutirtha Mukherjee have made the cut to the mega-event, across three events.
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    newstabletennis3 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | We are going to put up strong performance at the Games, asserts Gnansekaran Sathiyan

    Gnanasekaran Sathiyan is confident that the Indian Table Tennis players will put up a good performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, later this year. India is still on the hunt for the first-ever Table Tennis medal at the Olympics since the discipline was introduced in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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    newstabletennis3 months ago

    2021 Tokyo Olympics | Four Indian paddlers qualify for the Games

    Four Indian paddlers – Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, Gnansekaran Sathiyan, and Sutirtha Mukherjee all qualified for the Tokyo Olympics during the Asian qualification event, this Thursday evening. Sathiyan and Sutirtha will be making their first appearance at the Games, later this year.
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    newstabletennis3 months ago

    WTT Contender 2021 | Sharath Kamal crashes out, ends India's voyage

    Top-ranked Indian Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal crashed out of the World Table Tennis Contender event after losing to Germany’s Dmitrij Ovtcharov in the round-of-16 clash, in Doha, on Wednesday. Gnansekaran Sathiyan and Manika Batra had already taken the exit route from the meet.
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