In-form Amalraj crowned again, Mouma wins her season's first title

Thane, October 19: Anthony Amalraj waited patiently till the final point to have the last laugh and celebrated in his own manner when he outsmarted G. Sathiyan 4-3 to win the men’s singles title in the Thane Mayor Cup 2015 National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championship, which concluded at the Dadoji Kondev Stadium here today. He also received the winner’s purse of Rs. 66,000.

Earlier, Mouma Das staged one of the finest comebacks agai

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Siddesh warms local hearts, crowned with Junior Boys title; Varuni is Jr Girls champ

Thane, October 18: Maharashtra’s Siddesh Pande upstaged Tail Nadu’s Ananth Devarajan 4-0 while Varuni Jaiswal of Talengana defeated much-acclaimed Sreeja Akula of Airports Authority of India 4-2 to claim the Junior Boys and Junior Girls crowns in the ongoing Thane Mayor Cup 2015 National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championship here at the Dadoji Kondev Stadium today.

Finally, there was something for the locals to cheer about when Sidde

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Former champions Roy, Saha surrender meekly

Thane, October 17: Former national champions Soumyadeep Roy and Subhajit Shah bowed out of the men’s singles event of the ongoing Thane Mayor Cup 2015 National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championship here at the Dadoji Kondev Stadium today.

It was pathetic to see both the veterans surrendering meekly as the main draw events got underway today. Youth Boys champion Ravindra Kotiyan of Maharashtra disposed of Roy in less than 45 minutes, winnin

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Maharashtra's presence felt as a good number make main draw cut

Thane, October 16: Nine out of a host of local paddlers qualified for the Junior Girls while only eight could make the cut in the Junior Boys section of the ongoing Thane Mayor Cup 2015 National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championship here at the Dadoji Kondev Stadium today.

The championships, which are played over six days, are co-sponsored by LIC.

With the main draw matches in both events getting underway only 

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Back-to-back title triumphs for Manushree; Anukram makes amends for Jamnagar loss

Thane, October 15 : PSPBA’s Anukram and Maharashtra’s Manushree Patil claimed the Sub-Junior Boys and Girls trophies, respectively, in the ongoing Thane Mayor Cup 2015 National Ranking (West Zone) Table Tennis Championship played here at the Dadoji Kondev Stadium today.

Anukram, who won the season’s second title after his first in Chennai, beat teammate Jeho Hinakulhpuingheta 4-1, while Manushree defeated Swastika Ghosh, also of Mahara

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