11 Gujarat boys make the cut for main draw at Senior Nationals TT
Surat, Jan.23: As many as 11 state paddlers worked their way up through the qualifying rounds to make the cut for the men’s main draw of the UTT 86th Senior National Inter-State Table Tennis Championships 2024 played at the Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium from January 19 to 26.
The Championships is organized by Gujarat State Table Tennis Association (GSTTA) and Table Tennis Association of Surat District (TTASD) under the aegis of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) with the support of Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).
The title sponsor of the event is UTT and the event is powered by Hero, co-sponsored by NJ Group, associate sponsored by Gujarat Tourism, ONGC, Pratibha Group and Airport Authority of India. Stiga will be equipment partners while SIDS Hospital will be the medical partner.
Gujarat boys Dhairya Parmar, Soham Bhattacharya, Jaynil Mehta, Akshit Salva, Chitrax Bhatt, Pratham Madlani, Abhilash Raval, Janmejay Patel, Monish Dedhia, Ayaz Murad and Deversh Vaghela will aim to perform well on their home turf and leave their mark while competing against country’s top paddlers in the main draw.
With record-breaking entries of 443 for the men’s singles and 299 for the women’s singles, this championship marks a significant milestone, showcasing the sport’s growing popularity. G. Sathiyan from PSPB stands tall at the top of the national rankings with 345 points his teammate, Ankur Bhattacharjee, holds the second seed, while the contest for the third seeding is a closely contested face-off between Harmeet Desai and Manush Shah, each holding steady at 285 points.
