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Sreeja Akula exits in the round of 128

Sreeja Akula exits in the round of 128

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India’s Sreeja Akula had a disappointing first round loss at the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar on Sunday. The highest ranked Indian women’s singles paddler lost out 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 5-11, 2-11 after being a game up against Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand in 33 minutes. Sreeja started the match in a composed manner and played a few good cross-table shots and efficiently used her defensive blocks to stop the aggressive game style of Suthasini to win the first game 11-9. The second game was also very closely poised, with both players keeping themsleves within the reach but in the end Sreeja lost three points in a row and lost 8-11. This reversal completely diminished Sreeja’s momentum, who could not make a comeback and lost the next three games without putting much pressure on Suthasini and dropping the match 1-4. Three doubles pairs in the second round In the doubles categories, India had a comparatively better day as they won all three first-round matches of the day, two in women’s doubles and …

ITTF World C’ships: Diya Chitale, Manush Shah win, Sreeja Akula exits in R128

ITTF World C’ships: Diya Chitale, Manush Shah win, Sreeja Akula exits in R128

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Indian paddlers were in action at the first round of the 2025 Table Tennis World Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday. Sreeja Akula, Diya Chitale, and Manush Shah played the singles round of 128 matches, whereas the men’s doubles duo of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah were in action in the round of 64. In women’s doubles, both Indian pairs of Diya / Yashaswini Ghodpade and Ayhika Mukherjee / Sutirtha Mukherjee began their campaign in the first round. As it happened: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Sreeja Akula bows out in the group stage

Sreeja Akula bows out in the group stage

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Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula faced yet another early exit in the 2025 season as they bowed out from the group stage of the ITTF World Cup in Macao, China, on Wednesday. Sreeja faced a disappointing 8-11, 6-11, 9-11, 8-11 loss in her final group match against the world no.13, Bernadette Szocs of Romania, whereas Manika lost 11-13, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10 to Bruna Takahashi of Brazil. Sreeja, who started her campaign with a win against Australian paddler Constantina Psihogios, had a must-win encounter in this final group match. But the Indian had a poor start to the match, losing the first two games. It proved to be the final game in the coffin for Sreeja, who could not win the four-game match anymore, after conceding the opening two games. Sreeja, though, kept fighting to salvage at least a draw from the match, displaying some good attacking shots. But Szocs’ cross-table interceptions and defensive blocks proved too hot to handle for the Indian, who lost 0-4. #News | Sreeja Akula bows out of ITTF …

ITTF World Cup 2025 Live: Manika Batra in action, Sreeja Akula bows out

ITTF World Cup 2025 Live: Manika Batra in action, Sreeja Akula bows out

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ITTF World Cup 2025 Live: Indian paddlers, Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra, will be in action for their final group stage match at the ITTF World Cup 2025 in Macao, China, on Wednesday. Both the Indian paddlers started with a win in their opening fixture on Monday and will be hoping to continue the momentum in these final group matches, which are a virtual knockout for both Indian players. Sreeja will be taking on the world no.13, Bernadette Szocs of Romania, whereas Mnaika is up against world no.23 Bruna Takahashi of Brazil. The winner of these matches will progressed to the quarterfinal. Catch all the live updates here: Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula start with wins

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula start with wins

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India’s Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula had a winning start to their 2025 ITTF World Cup campaign in Macao on Monday. Drawn in Group 16 of women’s singles, Batra had a comfortable start as she took down a lower ranked Giret Maylis of France 4-0 in just 18 minutes. Batra was dominating throughout, winning the match 11-1, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 in straight games. Meanwhile, Akula got the better off Australian Constantina Psihogios 3-1 in the women’s singles Group 9. Akula, too, was never in trouble as she won the first three sets 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 to seal the match before conceding the fourth 6-11 to wrap up the match in 24 minutes. Both Akula and Batra have a match left in the Group stages. If they finish in top two of their respective groups, they will advance to the Round of 16 knockouts. While Batra has to face Bruna Takahashi of Brazil next, Akula will have to go up against Bernadette Szocs of Romania. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, …

Sreeja Akula bows down to world no.7 in five games

Sreeja Akula bows down to world no.7 in five games

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The Indian paddler, Sreeja Akula, went down fighting against world no.7, Kuai Man of China, in the first round of the WTT Champions Incheon in South Korea on Wednesday. Sreeja failed to convert her 2-1 lead in this first-round match against Kuai and faced a hard-fought defeat in five games (11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 5-11, 2-11) at the Inspire Arena. With this, the Indian campaign at the tournament ended as Sreeja was the lone standing Indian after Manika Batra’s exit in her first-round match against another Chinese opponent, Qian Tianyi. Sreeja Akula🇮🇳(WR 32) lost to Kuai Man 🇨🇳(WR 7) in the first round of WTT Champions Incheon by 2-3.She was leading by 2-1 and also had the GP in second game but couldn’t convert.Kuai gave her no chance in the last two games .With this loss Indian campaign ends . pic.twitter.com/y5y8UoybxI — Antik Basu (@AntikBasu80384) April 3, 2025 A missed opportunity Sreeja showed some brilliant shots to start the game, implementing her usual trick of using long pips against the Chinese opponent to clinch the opening …

Sreeja Akula exits in the round of 128

Sreeja Akula falls to World No. 1 Sun Yingsha in straight games

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Indian male paddlers had a brilliant second day at the ATTU-ITTF Asian Cup 2025, as all three Indian players in the men’s singles category registered their first wins of the tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday. Meanwhile, India’s No.1 Sreeja Akula faced her first defeat of the tournament, losing in straight games (8-11, 10-12, 5-11) to World No.1 Chinese paddler Sun Yingsha. Three wins for India in Men’s singles After a winless first day, Indian male paddlers started the day on a high as Sharath Kamal registered an easy straight-game win (11-6, 11-4, 11-7) against Ebrahim Gurban of Yemen. With this win, Sharath’s chances of moving to the next round remain alive. However, he must win his final group match against Sara Matsushima of Japan tomorrow. The other two men’s singles players, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai, followed their senior counterparts and secured hard-fought victories in deciding games. Manav got the better of Quek Izzac of Singapore (6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-4) and Harmeet defeated Kirill Gerassimenko of Kazakhstan in an intense match (7-11, 12-10, …

Sreeja Akula starts with a win. Sharath and Manav beaten

Sreeja Akula starts with a win. Sharath and Manav beaten

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The Indian paddlers had a tough outing on the opening day of the ATTU-ITTF Asian Cup in Shenzhen, China, as only one of the six paddlers was able to register a win in their respective matches on Wednesday. Sreeja Akula started the day for India on a positive note as she claimed a straight game 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-4) victory in her opening women’s singles group match against Qatar’s Aia Mohamed. The young Indian completely dominated the match and Aia had no answers to Sreeja’s aggressive play and only managed 16 points from the match. However, Sreeja’s next challenge will be a tough test as she will face the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha of China in the second group match tomorrow. The other two players in the women’s singles category, Ayhika Mukherjee and Yashaswini Ghodpade, had a dreadful start to the campaign, losing in straight games to their respective opponents. Tough day for the men Meanwhile, India did not experience a single victory in the men’s singles department as all three paddlers, Achanta Sharath …

Sreeja Akula, Sharath Kamal lead Indian charge – Preview

Sreeja Akula, Sharath Kamal lead Indian charge – Preview

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The 2025 Table Tennis Asian Cup is all set to commence on Friday in Shenzhen, China. The prestigious continental competition will see a total of six Indians – three each in men’s singles and women’s singles – in contention. The Asian Cup is a prestigious individual tournament, which was first held in the year 1983. In 33 editions of the competition since – the last of which was held in 2022 – India have won just three medals. Chetan Baboor has won two of those – a men’s singles silver in 1997 when the tournament was held in Pune and a bronze in the next edition in 2000 in Mumbai. India then had to wait for more than two decades to further taste success in the continental competition, when Manika Batra bagged the women’s singles bronze medal in the last edition. Indians in contention However, much to the dismay of Indian fans, Batra will not be in action in the 34th edition of the Asian Cup in Shenzhen. The Commonwealth Games gold medalist had qualified …

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula start with wins

Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula bow out in opening round

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India’s Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula bowed out of the women’s singles opening round at the 2025 WTT Singapore Smash on Monday. While Batra went down 1-3 to Elizabeta Samara of Romania, Akula suffered a 2-3 loss at the hands of China’s He Zhuojia. Akula, playing her first event since her loss in the women’s singles loss to Diya Chitale at the 86th Senior National Championships, did not have the best of starts to the contest as she surrendered the first game tamely at 5-11. The 26-year-old Indian, however, fought back. She pocketed a hard fought second game 12-10 before winning the third 11-9 to race to the lead. With the match win just a game away, Akula faltered. She lost the fourth game 8-11 before conceding the decider 11-13 as He wrapped up the match after a gruelling 50 minutes of action. Later in the day, Batra also bowed out of contention effectively bringing curtains down on the Indian campaign in singles campaign in Singapore. The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardee conceded a …