Table Tennis
ITTF World C'ships: Diya Chitale, Manush Shah win, Sreeja Akula exits in R128 - Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the opening day of the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar
Sreeja Akula in action at the 2025 ITTF World Championships. (Photo Credit: JioCinema)
Indian paddlers were in action at the first round of the 2025 Table Tennis World Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday.
Sreeja Akula, Diya Chitale, and Manush Shah played the singles round of 128 matches, whereas the men's doubles duo of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah were in action in the round of 64.
In women's doubles, both Indian pairs of Diya / Yashaswini Ghodpade and Ayhika Mukherjee / Sutirtha Mukherjee began their campaign in the first round.
As it happened:
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- 17 May 2025 2:39 PM GMT
Manush takes the game with three points on the trot
Game 3: Manush Shah (IND) 11-7 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
- 17 May 2025 2:37 PM GMT
Tiago tries to lob a shot, but it lands out, giving the slight lead to Manush
Game 3: Manush Shah (IND) 7-5 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
- 17 May 2025 2:30 PM GMT
An easy backhand push from Tiago to take the second game
Game 2: Manush Shah (IND) 2-11 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
- 17 May 2025 2:29 PM GMT
Tiago is using the table brilliantly, gains a massive lead in the second game
Game 2: Manush Shah (IND) 2-7 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
- 17 May 2025 2:25 PM GMT
A brilliant down-the-line smash from Manush; takes the opening game comfortably
Game 1: Manush Shah (IND) 11-6 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
- 17 May 2025 2:22 PM GMT
Manush starts the opening game with a slight lead
Game-1: Manush Shah (IND) 8-5 Tiago Apolonia (POR)
- 17 May 2025 2:20 PM GMT
Up Next: MS - Manush Shah (IND) Vs Tiago Apolonia (POR)
The 24-year-old Manush Shah will take on the world no.92 Tiago Apolonia in the first round of the men's singles category.
This will be the second meeting between the two players after the Singapore Smash 2025, where the Indian paddler edged past Taigo in four-games.
- 17 May 2025 11:00 AM GMT
The morning session concluded with three wins and a loss for India
Two Indian paddlers will be in action in the evening session for their first round matches, starting at 7:40 PM IST
Evening Session Schedule:
- MS - Manush Shah (IND) Vs Tiago Apolonia (POR) at 7:40 PM
- WS - Diya Chitale (IND) Vs Sofia-Xuan Zhang (ESP) at 8:20 PM
- 17 May 2025 10:56 AM GMT
Sreeja Akula had a pale end to her world championships in the round of 128
The India No.1 women's singles player in the WTT Rankings, Sreeja Akula, had another early exit from the tournament, losing in just five games to World No.84, Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand.
The Indian won the opening game, but after that, just lost her momentum and dropped so many points on her unforced errors to lose the 7-game match in just 33 minutes.
Final Score: Sreeja Akula (IND) 1-4( 11-9,8-11, 6-11, 5-11 2-11) Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
- 17 May 2025 10:48 AM GMT
A complete domination from Suthasini ended the journey of Sreeja at Worlds
Game 5: Sreeja Akula (IND) 2-11 Suthasini Sawettabut (THA)
