Yashaswini Ghorpade, a rare table tennis player who attacks with pimples, ready to take on Asia
Last week, 20-year-old Yashaswini Ghorpade was playing some of her best table tennis at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash. She won three matches before losing in the Round of 64 in women’s singles (that made her jump six places to World No. 82) and was gearing up for her women’s doubles Round of 16 match when she received a rather unexpected email from the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).A bit sore after missing out on a place to Ayhika Mukherjee in the 3-member Indian women’s squad for the Asia Cup beginning on February 19, she was trying to put her chin up and get over it, concentrating on doing well in Singapore. She had made her mind up to go play the WTT Feeder in Cappadocia which would run parallel to the Asia Cup.
The email changed everything for her, though. With...