Table Tennis News
At 2011 World Junior Table Tennis Championships, Manama, Bahrain

[QF] (5) INDIA BT (4) KOREA REPUBLIC 3 - 2
DESAI Harmeet (IND) bt PARK Chan-Hyeok (KOR) 13-11 8-11 11-8 11-5 (3-1)
GHOSH Soumyajit (IND) bt KIM Dong Hyun (KOR) 11-8 11-9 11-9 (3-0)
GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan (IND) l BAEK Kwang Il (KOR) 5-11 9-11 11-9 9-11 (1-3)
DESAI Harmeet (IND) l KIM Dong Hyun (KOR) 2-1 11-8 9-11 12-14 (1-3)
GHOSH Soumyajit (IND) bt PARK Chan-Hyeok (KOR) 7-11 11-7 11-5 11-7 (3-1)

[R2] (5) INDIA BT EGYPT 3-0
GHOSH Soumyajit (IND) bt SHOUMAN Mohamed (EGY) 11-3 8-11 11-5 11-7 (3-1)
DESAI Harmeet (IND) bt BEDAIR Omar (EGY) 11-8 12-10 11-4 (3-0)
GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan (IND) bt MAGDY Shady (EGY) 11-4 9-11 11-9 11- 8 (3-1)

[R1] (5) INDIA bye

India were assured of their first ever medal in the team event of the World Junior Table Tennis Championships when they beat fancied South Korea 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the junior boys category ... This is huge result for young Indian paddlers.

In this tournament we received bye in the first round ... Then in quarters we defeated Egypt 3-0 before scoring this unbelievable victory over South Korean team 3-2 ... Next match is against mighty Chinese team.

Our girls were lost early and play for 9 to 12 position ... It was also the first time that India boys and girls qualified for the World Championships since the first edition in Santiago, Chile in 2003.

“It was a really close match. We thought we would throw it away after a 2-0 lead but Soumyajit did for us,” Choudhary told IANS.

“The boys did not go into the match thinking it was a higher-ranked team. They played to their potential and the stint in Sweden has certainly brought improvement in their game. Beating China is a daunting task but I am sure they will give their hundred percent,” said Choudhary about Ghosh and Harmeet, who are undergoing a six-month training under former doubles world champion Peter Karlsson.