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The Hindu
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Table Tennis World Championships 2025: Ghorpade-Chitale pair progress to round of 16 in women's doubles
Indian women's doubles pair of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale advanced to pre-quarterfinals but their compatriots Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee were knocked out of the World Table Tennis Championships, here on Monday. Chitale and Ghorpade rallied from a game down to beat the Singaporean duo of Zeng Jian and Ser Lin Qian 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 in their round-of-32 clash. However, the 14th-seeded Indian pair of Sutirtha and Ayhika suffered a straight-game defeat to the lower-ranked German duo of Annett Kaufmann and Xiaona Shan, losing 1-11, 11-13, 7-11 in just 23 minutes. India's mixed doubles campaign also came to an end with Chitale and Manush Shah losing 0-3 (8-11, 9-11, 2-11) to the Korean pair of Oh Junsung and Kim Nayeong. It turned out to be a disappointing day for Shah, who endured a hat-trick of defeats. After the mixed doubles loss, he was ousted from the men's singles event by sixth seed Felix Lebrun of France, going down 0-4 (5-11, 6-11, 6-11, 9-11) in the second round. Later, Shah also exited the men's doubles competition. Partnering Manav Thakkar, the eighth-seeded Indian duo lost tamely 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 5-11 to the unseeded German pair of Benedikt Duda and Dang Qiu. Indian Results Round of 32 Mixed Doubles - Manush Shah/Diya Chitale lost 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-2) to Oh Junsung/Kim Nayeong (KOR) Women's Doubles - Ayhika/Sutirtha lost 3-0 (11-1, 13-11, 11-7) to Annett Kaufmann/Xiaona Shan (GER) Women's Doubles - Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale beat Zeng Jian/Zhang Wanling (SGP) 3-1 (6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9) Men's Doubles - Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar lost 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5) to Dang Qiu/Benedikt Duda (GER) Round of 64 Manush Shah lost 4-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9) to Felix Lebrun (FRA)
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Yashaswini-Diya pair enters pre-quarterfinals
The Indian women's doubles pair of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale entered the round-of-16, with a 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 win over the Singaporean duo of Zeng Jian and Ser Lin Qian in the World table tennis championships here on Monday. However, the other Indian pair of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Germany's Annet Kaufmann and Xiaona Shan 11-1, 13-11, 11-7 in the second round. India's campaign in mixed doubles came to an end in the second round after the ninth-seeded pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale went down tamely to the Korean duo of Oh Junsung and Kim Nayeong 11-8, 11-9, 11-2. France's Felix Lebrun, seeded six, scripted a facile 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 win over Manush Shah in the men's singles second-round contest. The results (Second round): Men: Singles: Felix Lebrun (Fra) bt Manush Shah 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9. Women's doubles: Yashaswini Ghorpade & Diya Chitale bt Zeng Jian & Ser Lin Qian (Sgp) 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9; Annet Kaufmann & Xiaona Shan (Ger) bt Ayhika Mukherjee & Sutirtha Mukherjee 11-1, 13-11, 11-7. Mixed doubles: Oh Junsung & Kim Nayeong (Kor) bt Manush Shah & Diya Chitale 11-8, 11-9, 11-2. Sunday's result: Women: Singles: first round: Jia Nan Yuan (Fra) bt Yasashwini Ghorpade 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8.
Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
TT Worlds: Sreeja ousted, other Indians advance
Mumbai: Sreeja Akula, the India No.1 in singles, suffered another early exit as she crashed out in the opening round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha while the country's doubles pairs made winning starts on Saturday. Also getting off the blocks in singles were young Manush Shah and Diya Chitale with contrasting opening-round victories at the Qatar University. World No.34 Sreeja took the first game but then surrendered to a 4-1 (11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 5-11, 2-11) defeat to Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut, ranked 84 in the ITTF charts. It marks another disappointing result this year for the 26-year-old from Hyderabad, who had displaced Manika Batra as India No.1 last year. Sreeja had a fine 2024 season in which she won a WTT Contender title, made the singles Round of 16 at the Paris Olympics and surged to a career-best ranking of No.21 after her debut Olympics campaign. Since the last few months, however, she has struggled for form and peak fitness. In doubles, the top Indian men's pair of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah, seeded eighth, had a straightforward opening victory. They got past the Slovenian combine of Peter Hribar and Deni Kozul 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6). It wasn't as straightforward for Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee. The Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallists, seeded 14th in the women's doubles draw, were two games to one down but rallied to beat Turkey's Ozge Yilmaz and Ece Harac 3-2 (4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7). Diya and Yashaswini Ghorpade, seeded 12th, defeated the Uzbek pair Markhabo Magdieva and Asel Erkebaeva 3-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-8). Manush and Diya, who will also feature in the mixed doubles draw as ninth seeds and will open their campaign on Sunday, came back to win their respective singles opening rounds. Manush had a topsy-turvy ride in going past Portugal's Tiago Apolonia 4-2 (11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6), while Diya defeated Spain's Sofia-Xuan Zhang 4-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12).
The Hindu
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Manush and Diya progress in singles
India's Manush Shah and Diya Chitale booked their places in the men's and women's singles second round of the World table tennis championships in Doha on Saturday. Manush scripted an authoritative 4-2 (11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6) win over Tiago Apolonia of Portugal while Diya put it across Sofia-Xuan Zhang of Spain (4-0) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12. However, Sreeja Akula bowed out in the women's first round to Thailand's Suthasini Sawettabut, losing (4-1) 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-2. The results (first round): Men: Singles: Manush Shah bt Tiago Apolonia (Por) 11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6. Doubles: Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah bt Peter Hribar & Deni Kozul (Slo) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6. Women: Singles: Suthasini Sawettabut (Tha) bt Sreeja Akula 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-2; Diya Chitale bt Sofia-Xuan Zhang (Esp) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12; Doubles: Ayhika Mukherjee & Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Ozge Yilmaz & Ece Harac (Tur) 4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7; Yasashwini Ghorpade & Diya Chitale bt Markhabo Magdieva & Asel Erkebaeva (Uzb) 9-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-8.
India Gazette
17-05-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
Manika Batra to lead 11-member Indian team at ITTF World Table Tennis C'ships Finals
New Delhi [India] May 17 (ANI): Manika Batra will lead an 11-member strong Indian team at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025, which starts in Doha, Qatar, from Saturday, according to The World Table Tennis Championships 2025 matches will be played at the Lusail Sports Arena. The Indian table tennis squad for the World Championships includes Sreeja Akula, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sutirtha and Ayhika Mukherjee, amongst others. India will have four competitors in each of the two singles competitions. Sreeja Akula, world No. 34, is the top-ranked Indian singles player in the fray. World No. 46 Manika Batra and the up-and-coming duo of Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale will join her in the women's singles draw. Meanwhile, Manav Thakkar, who is ranked 49th in the world, is the top-ranked Indian in the men's singles division. The entry list also includes Manush Shah, G Sathiyan, and the young Ankur Bhattacharjee. Diya Chitale and Manush Shah are seeded ninth in mixed doubles, while Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah will partner up for men's doubles and are seeded eighth. The tournament, which concludes on May 25, will begin from the round of 128 in singles and the round of 64 in each of the doubles competitions. This year's World Championships in Doha, the 58th edition of the biennial tournament, will feature some of the world's best table tennis players in action. Recently, players from the People's Republic of China have dominated the competition, taking home all five championships at the previous tournament, which took place in Durban, South Africa. The sole victory for Indian athletes at the World Table Tennis Championships was during the inaugural edition in 1926. ' World Table Tennis Championships 2025: India squad Men's singles: Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, G Sathiyan, Ankur Bhattacharjee Women's singles: Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale Men's doubles: Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah, G Sathiyan/Harmeet Desai Women's doubles: Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee Mixed doubles: Diya Chitale/Manush Shah, Yashaswini Ghorpade/Harmeet Desai. (ANI)
