TABLE TENNIS

Indian workforce to hve preparatory camp forward of World inidvidual desk tennis c’ships

The Indian workforce may have a preparatory camp on the SAI Centre, Bengaluru, from May 7 to 17 for the World particular person desk tennis championships, to be held in Durban (South Africa) from May 20 to twenty-eight. All the highest gamers, together with G. Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, and others, who’ve been chosen for the Worlds, are anticipated to participate within the camp.

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India’s high singles paddler Sathiyan has been coaching with Manika Batra in Hyderabad on the Academy run by Aman Balgu for the final 4 days with Sathiyan’s coach S. Raman to carry out nicely within the combined doubles on the Worlds. “We are seeded fourth in mixed doubles, and the lone Indians seeded in the five categories of men’s & women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. We are looking for a medal—both the semifinalists will win a bronze each–though I know it is very difficult,” Sathiyan informed The Hindu from Hyderabad.

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Ultimate Table Tennis franchises select their coaches on the Season 4 Coach Draft

Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) held its Coach Draft in Mumbai on Friday because the six franchises picked their coaches for the upcoming version of the league, scheduled from July 13 to 30.

The UTT Season 4 Coach Draft was attended by UTT co-promoters Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani together with workforce homeowners who selected a mixture of 1 Indian and one overseas coach from the pool.

The league’s latest workforce, Bengaluru Smashers made the primary choose in spherical one to convey Sachin Shetty on board earlier than including Slovenia’s Vesna Ojstersek as their overseas coach within the spherical two.

“I think Vesna and Sachin were a combination for Delhi which ended up as runners-up in 2019. We had that at the back of our mind. Our team had done the homework and these were our first choices. It’s always good to be a part of a league, especially a non-cricketing league. We are happy to be a part of UTT,” commented Punit Balan, proprietor of Bengaluru Smashers.

Second to select a coach, Dabang Delhi TTC zeroed in on an skilled A Muralidhara Rao first after which bagged four-time Olympian Slobodan Grujic of Serbia as their overseas coach within the second spherical. Dabang Delhi TTC proprietor Radha Kapoor Khanna felt the method was very attention-grabbing and was seeking to work with their picks.

“We came in with a few equations in mind between the international and Indian coaches. We had a few options. We are hoping that a combination of Muralidhara Rao and Slobodan brings in the winning spirit,” she stated. 

U Mumba TT and Puneri Paltan Table Tennis discovered their desired mixture in Portugal’s Francisco Santos and Anshul Garg, and N Ravichandran and Zoltan Batorfi of Hungary respectively.

“Francisco and Anshul were our top picks. We have been in touch with Francisco from Portugal, he is already happy being a part of the U Mumba TT franchise and really wanted to work with Anshul. It was really important to get a young combination on the circuit,” stated U Mumba TT CEO Suhail Chandhok.

Puneri Paltan Table Tennis CEO Kailash Kandpal commented on the workforce’s alternative: “I am happy with the combination we picked. Zoltan and Ravichandran worked together in their last assignment in Kolkata. They work pretty well as a unit. There were other combinations we had in mind, but this was our priority,”

Goa Challengers picked a mixture of five-time Olympian Elena Timina and Parag Agrawal. Vivek Bhargava, the Goa Challengers’ proprietor, felt the season began nicely for them with their picks on the coach’s draft. He additional added: “The draft was wonderful for us. We got our two top coaches.”

Defending champions Chennai Lions picked India’s Somnath Ghosh earlier than ending the draft with the addition of German Jorg Bitzigeio, who guided the German girls’s workforce to bronze medal on the 2010 World Team Championships, as their overseas coach within the second spherical.

“We are elated to be a part of UTT. We intend to give our best. The combination of Somnath Ghosh and Jorg Bitzigeio will help us choose the best players available in the draft,” Chennai Lions homeowners Harini Yadav and Karishma Yadav stated in a joint assertion.

Having their coaches in line, the groups can start their preparations for the UTT Season 4 Player Draft to be held early subsequent month. The franchise-based league is promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani underneath the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of India.

The upcoming season of the league will probably be performed on the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.

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