Table Tennis News

At Liebherr 2019 ITTF World Championships, Budapest, Hungary

[R1] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,277) bt Sabine Winter (GER,67) 4-3 (8-11, 17-15, 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6)
[R1] Archana Girish Kamath (IND,155) l Dina Meshref (EGY,50) 4-3 (11-8, 11-8, 19-17, 8-11, 6-11, 7-11, 4-11)
[R1] Manika Batra (IND,59) bt Andrea Todorovic (SRB,163) 4-0 (14-12, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8)
[R1] Madhurika Patkar (IND,114) l Amelie Solja (AUT,60) 2-4 (11-5, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-13)

[R1] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,46) bt Zokhid Kenjaev (UZB,187) 4-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4)
[R1] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Robin Devos (BEL,98) 4-0 (11-5, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7)

[R2] Sutirtha Mukherjee (IND,277) l Adriana Diaz (PUR,31) 2-4 (11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 3-11, 9-11)
[R2] Manika Batra (IND,59) l Szu-u Chen (TPE,27) 1-4 (2-11, 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11)

[R2] Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND,46) l Tomislav Pucar (CRO,43) 1-4 (9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 4-11, 9-11)
[R2] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) bt Cristian Pletea (ROU,116) 4-1 (11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8)

[R32] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND,28) l Hugo Calderano (BRA,8) 0-4 (6-11, 3-11, 9-11, 9-11)

Sathiyan becomes first Indian to break into the top-25 of ITTF rankings, #24 ... He has shown consistent performance in the last few months ... Last week, he was only Indian to reach the round-32 in the World Championship.