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World TT Championships: Ayhika Mukherjee drags India back from the brink again against Spain

The Indian women’s team stood firm and launched a spirited comeback after going two matches down to beat Spain 3-2 in their final group-stage clash of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Tuesday.With the narrow win, India finished second in their group with three wins from four matches, and made it to the knockouts, but they have been handed a challenging draw that could thwart their quest to qualify for the Olympics as a team. India have to reach the quarterfinal of this tournament to earn a direct qualification for the Paris Games. In the Round of 32, they face a strong Italy team who finished third in their group. They may go into that game as favourites, but the winner of the tie will meet a very strong Chinese Taipei side in the pre-quarterfinal. Sreeja Akula tak...
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Table tennis: How Ayhika & Sreeja’s incredible wins over two of China’s best shows Indian TT is on an upswing

Ayhika Mukherjee and Sreeja Akula beating the Chinese World No. 1 Sun Yingsha and World No. 2 Wang Yidi respectively is a monumental feat. It maybe easy to dismiss it as a one-off but the fact remains that Indian table tennis has been on an upswing for quite a while now, and the women are at the forefront.“These players, especially the younger ones, have absolutely no fear of any opponents and refuse to be intimidated,” Achanta Sharath Kamal told The Indian Express on the sidelines of the WTT Goa Star Contender last month. “When I was coming up the ranks, I used to fear playing against senior players. The youngsters are the opposite. They want to play against the best to show that they are capable. It’s a total mindset change and you can see it’s why they are doing so well.” 41-year-old...