It was a day dominated by the top seeds as G Sathiyan and Diya Chitale stamped their authority to win the men’s and women’s singles titles at the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships on Thursday. Their victories not only reinforced their stature in the domestic circuit but also underlined the gap in class and…
The Indian challenge at the Europe Smash 2025 ended on Thursday after the men’s doubles pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah lost to Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Hiroto Shinozuka in the quarterfinals. Fifth-seeded pair of Manav-Manush lost 1-3 (11-13, 11-8, 8-11, 5-11) to the fourth-seeded Japanese duo in a clash which was wrapped up…
Indian paddler Manav Thakkar bowed out of the men’s singles at the Europe Smash 2025 but remained in contention in the men’s doubles after entering the quarterfinals alongside partner Manush Shah on Wednesday. Manav lost 1-3 (10-12, 7-11, 11-4, 12-14) to South Korea’s An Jae-hyun in a Round of 32 match which saw two closely-contested…
Indian mixed doubles pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale progressed to the quarterfinals at the Europe Smash 2025 in Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday. Manush-Diya duo took down Singapore’s Pang Koen and Zeng Jian 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10) in half an hour. The sixth-seeded Indian duo will face either Hong Kong, China’s Wong Chun…