In yet another day of upsets, Indian women paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee did the star-turn for India at the WTT Star Contender Goa, overcoming hi
, March 2 (IANS) In yet another day of upsets, Indian women paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee excelled for the hosts at the WTT Star Contender Goa, overcoming higher-ranked opponents to move into the last 16 stage.The biggest upset .
China’s Olympic men’s singles champion Ma Long looked ominously
good as he won his opening match at the first World Table Tennis (WTT)
Grand Smash event in Singapore.
by Olalekan Okusan Tuesday’s afternoon session served off with Women’s Singles’ clashes. Sweden’s Christina Kallberg rallied from a first-game loss of 9-11 to overcome the Indian, Madhurika Patkar, (9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4). France’s Audrey Zarif continued her excellent run with an (11-9, 11-6, 11-7) win over Germany’s Franziska Schreiner to join the elite qualifiers in […]
by Olalekan Okusan Both players showed class and put in a lot into the tie. It was a match that lived up to expectations, with Geraldo eventually prevailing with an 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10 win over Ort, the WTT Contender Budapest runner up. Twice Ort came from behind to level up the match, only […]