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Manika Batra left out of India’s Asian Games Table Tennis main squad, Ayhika Mukherjee misses out

Manika Batra left out of India’s Asian Games Table Tennis main squad, Ayhika Mukherjee misses out

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India’s most decorated women’s table tennis player, Manika Batra, has been left out of the main squad for the 2026 Asian Games after failing to satisfy the selection criteria laid down by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). The 30-year-old, who won a historic mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games and has multiple Commonwealth Games medals to her name, was named among the reserve players for the continental event scheduled in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. According to TTFI, selections were made based on a policy introduced in 2023, which allocates 50 per cent weightage to national rankings, 40 per cent to world rankings and the remaining 10 per cent to the discretion of the selection committee. Despite being India’s second-highest ranked women’s player at World No. 51, behind Sreeja Akula at No. 45, Manika’s absence from domestic tournaments meant she did not feature prominently in the national rankings, affecting her overall selection score. Sreeja Akula to lead Women’s Squad Sreeja Akula headlines the women’s squad, which also …

Manush Shah and Ayhika Mukherjee progress to main draw

Manush Shah and Ayhika Mukherjee progress to main draw

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Indian paddlers had mixed results from the qualifying round of WTT Contender Muscat 2026, as only Manush Shah and Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the main draw on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Payas Jain, Diya Chitale, and Yashaswini Ghorpade bowed out in the final qualifying round of their respective categories. Qualifying top seed Manush defeated France’s Esteban Dorr in straight games in the final qualifying round, whereas Ayhika got the better of China’s Zhu Ziyu. Manush will join Manav Thakkar and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in the men’s singles main round, while Ayhika will join Manika Batra in the women’s singles main draw. On the other hand, youngsters Ankur Bhatacharjee and Akash Pal were unable to progress through the qualifying group stage in the men’s singles category. Swastika Ghosh and Taneesha Kotecha also bowed out in the qualifying group stage of the women’s singles discipline, finishing second and third in their respective groups. Indians in the main draw of WTT Contender Muscat Men’s Singles: Manush Shah, Manav Thakkar, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Women’s Singles: Ayhika Mukherjee, Manika Batra Men’s Doubles: Akash/Sathiyan, Manav/Manush, …

Ayhika-Ankur duo battle into main draw

Ayhika-Ankur duo battle into main draw

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Pairing up for Mixed Doubles, Asian Games medallist Ayhika Mukherjee and reigning three-time National Youth Champion Ankur Bhattacharjee sealed their place in the main draw of the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 Presented By IndianOil, overcoming Anirban Ghosh and Swastika Ghosh in a thrilling five-game battle on Wednesday, Day 2 of Qualifying. Twice rallying from a game down, Ayhika and Ankur fought back with the former’s sharp defense and the latter’s blistering forehand winners, sealing victory in a tense decider. Ankur later teamed up with Payas Jain in Men’s Doubles Qualifying, stunning top seeds John Oyebode and Carlo Rossi of Italy 3-1 in the day’s biggest upset. WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 Presented By IndianOil is organised by Stupa Sports Analytics and Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) under the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). The event boasts 600 ranking points for winners and a USD 275,000 prize purse, with top global paddlers in action. Anirban Ghosh celebrating his victory against a perfectly placed Shot. (Photo credit: UTT) Elsewhere, South Korea’s Shin Yubin, a two-time Olympic …

Asian Cup TT LIVE: Sreeja, Ayhika, Yashaswini in action

Asian Cup TT LIVE: Sreeja, Ayhika, Yashaswini in action

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On the final day of the group stage matches at the ITTF Asian Cup at the Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, on Friday, three Indian players are in action. Sreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee and Yashaswini Ghorpade aim to get back to winning ways following their losses on the second day of the tournament. While Sreeja went down fighting against Sun Yingsha, Ayhika lost to Suthasini Sawettabut. Yashaswini, on the other hand, went down to Orawan Paranang. After Stage 1 of the competition, where 32 players have been divided into eight groups of four each, ends, the top two players will advance to the Stage, which will be a knock-out format. Catch live updates: 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

Asian Cup TT LIVE: Sreeja wins; Sharath, Ayhika go down

Asian Cup TT LIVE: Sreeja wins; Sharath, Ayhika go down

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The Asian Cup table tennis starts on Wednesday in Shenzhen, China. Indian players aim to make their best possible starts. Senior players like Sreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee and Yashaswini Ghorpade in women’s singles, and Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar in men’s singles are in action today in their respective group stage matches. Catch live updates: 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, Sreeja, Ayhika advance to 2nd round

Manika, Sreeja, Ayhika advance to 2nd round

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Young paddler Manush Shah delivered stellar performances and secured his spot in the men’s singles Round of 16 and men’s doubles quarterfinals at the WTT Contender Muscat in Muscat, Oman on Tuesday. He became the only Indian to advance to the Round of 16 in men’s singles. Manush, a qualifier, defeated world no. 39 Maharu Yoshimura of Japan in the Round of 32 in straight games (11-8, 11-7, 13-11). Earlier, the Indians defeated Koen Pang of Singapore in the qualification round. He will now face World No. 30 Sora Matsushima in the round of 16. However, it was the end of the road for Harmeet Desai, and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manav Thakkar. While Harmeet lost to Wong Chung Ting 5-11, 6-11, 7-11, Sathiyan was ousted by World No. 26 Hiroto Shinozuka of Japan 11-8, 11-3, 8-11. Manav, on the other hand, went down to Huang Youzheng of China 11-8, 3-11, 6-11, 9-11. In women’s singles, Manikta Batra overcame an opening-game loss to beat compatriot Diya Chitale 3-2 (8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6) in the first …

Why Ayhika Mukherjee-Sutirtha Mukherjee partnership is good enough for bronze but needs fitness upgrades for gold | Sport-others News

Why Ayhika Mukherjee-Sutirtha Mukherjee partnership is good enough for bronze but needs fitness upgrades for gold | Sport-others News

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The pair of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee continued to create history, securing a bronze medal after losing their semifinal match at the Asian TT Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday. The duo had no answer to Japan’s Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara and lost in straight games 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-9). Their opponents though, weren’t any pushovers. Harimoto was part of Japan’s Paris 2024 Olympics silver-medal team and Kihara is a three-time World Championships medal winner. Ayhika-Sutirtha were confident going into the match having beaten the pair of Harimoto and Kihara in the final of WTT Tunis Contender last year but the Japanese duo have just upped their respective games in the past year and looked confident throughout. The losing semi-finalists are awarded bronze medals at these Championships and they became the first Indian women’s doubles pair to win a medal here. Ayhika and Sutirtha have repeatedly raised the bar when it comes to Indian women’s doubles. They made history at the Asian Games last year by winning a bronze, India’s first medal. Then …

Ayhika Mukherjee, the giant-slayer who doesn’t take prisoners

Ayhika Mukherjee, the giant-slayer who doesn’t take prisoners

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The stage was set. The pressure was on. Ayhika Mukherjee had the ball in hand. It was the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championship. India were facing South Korea and the fixture on a knife edge at 2-2 after four matches. And as is the case with most tightly contested fixtures, the fifth match, between Ayhika Mukherjee and Jeon Ji-hee went down to the wire. With Ayhika leading 11-10, a point would put India into the semi-finals, and a first-ever medal at the event would be theirs. A simple backhand chop serve was what Ayhika dished out. Her opponent, Jeon Ji-hee, tried a backhand loop and the ball went beyond the table, sending the Indians into a frenzy. The medal was secured. Ayhika, had claimed yet another scalp from the top-tier in world table tennis, with her latest victim being Jeon Ji-hee, ranked 17th in the world. Interestingly, Ji-hee wasn’t the first higher ranked player that fell to Ayhika on the day. Earlier, in the opening match of the quarterfinals fixture, the Indian …

How Ayhika Mukherjee’s anti-spin rubber and well-disguised deception puzzled the Koreans | Sport-others News

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From the high of beating World No. 1 Sun Yingsha in February to the low of being dropped from the Indian team for the Paris Olympics in July, India’s Ayhika Mukherjee has had a topsy-turvy year. Yet, it’s her unyielding will that has made her one of the most feared players in the world of table tennis. At the Asian TT Championships on Tuesday, she proved yet again, that despite her lowly ranking of World No 92, she can never be counted out. As it turns out, she revels in playing against the best. Against World No. 8 Shin Yubin in the opening tie of the quarterfinal against Korea, Ayhika knew that if India had to do the unthinkable and pull off an upset, she needed to win. It was a nervy day for India too. Their match was supposed to be at 5 pm (local time) and it was only at 9 am that they received an email informing them that their match was brought forward to 12 noon. They scrambled and got ready …

How Ayhika, Manika, Sreeja have taken Indian women’s Table Tennis into the next orbit, with the upset win over Korea | Sport-others News

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The Asian Table Tennis Championships being held in Astana, Kazakhstan were seen as a bold expedition for Indian women, when they embarked on the trip. And as has been the recent trend, the Indians continued punching well above their weight. At the Paris Olympics in July, the team had made inroads, and finally at the Asian Championships, there was a medal to boast. With their 3-2 quarterfinal win over second seeds and Olympic bronze medallists Korea, India confirmed a medal at the tournament, regarded at par with the Olympics as it has all the powerhouses of table tennis. Seeded sixth, they were underdogs against World No. 3 Korea which had the likes of 20-year-old World No. 8 Shin Yubin and World No. 16 Jeon Hijee. But the Koreans didn’t know what struck them. Ayhika Mukherjee was the star winning the opener and decider, and Manika Batra pulled her weight putting India 2-0 ahead, both beating higher ranked opponents. The Koreans are right up there, among the best in the world. First up was Ayhika against …