Bengal's Aditya and Ankolika wear U-13 crowns

Vadodara, November 27: Aditya Das from West Bengal, despite his early struggle, overcame Akash Rajavelu of Tamil Nadu 3-1 to lift the Youth Boys U-13 title, while Ankolika Chakraborty, also from West Bengal, defeated Advika Agrawal from Madhya Pradesh by the same margin to wear the Girls’ crown in the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Sama Indoor Stadium here today.

In the Under-11 finals, Lakshya Kumar of UP struggled p

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Syndrela completes a triple, Sahil wins his first

Vadodara, November 26: Sahil Rawat of the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Academy (PSPBA) toyed with Rajdip Sen of the National Centre of Excellence (NCOE), Kolkata, in a 3-0 triumph in the Youth Boys Under-15 final in the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Sama Indoor Stadium here today. 

Rajdip, who played a tough semifinal, suddenly found himself out of tune, particularly after the first game of the final. Not only did

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Balamurugan completes a hat-trick of titles

Vadodara, November 25: M.R. Balamurugan of Tamil Nadu completed a hat-trick of title wins in the Youth Boys Under-17 when he blanked out Kushal Chopda of Maharashtra in in the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Sama Indoor Stadium here today.

Syndrela Das of West Bengal, making most of the early exits of top two seeds, defeated state mate Saanvy Roy 3-1 to lift her maiden Youth Girls U-17 title. Both winners laughed their way t

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Harmeet and Archana lift trophies

Vadodara, November 24: Top seed Harmeet showed his class and why he is the top-ranked Indian in the world when he beat ninth-seed Jeet Chandra in the men’s singles final 4-2 of the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Sama Indoor Stadium here today.

Just before that, Archana Kamath lifted her maiden title when she triumphed over Ayhika Mukherjee, the second seed, with a 4-0 verdict.

When Jeet led 2-0, it looked as if

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Ankur wins back-to-back U-19 Boys title

Vadodara, November 23: The last time Preyesh Raj Suresh played Ankur Bhattacharjee in the Youth Boys Under-19 final in Thiruvananthapuram last month, the left-handed paddler from Tamil Nadu conceded the match in the fifth game in a bizarre way, prompted by his coach S. Raman. 

The title-win win in October may not have satisfied Ankur as much as it did today. The West Bengal paddler taught a few lessons on the way to an emphatic 4-0 win over Preyes

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