National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Schedule, athletes in action, timings
The National Games 2022 table tennis event will take place at PDDU Indoor Stadium from September 20 to September 24.
Published : Sep 20, 2022 11:11 IST
Indian table tennis players Diya Chitale, Harmeet Desai, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee pose for photos with ‘Saavaj’, official mascot of the 36th National Games. | Photo Credit: PTI
The National Games 2022 table tennis event will take place at PDDU Indoor Stadium, Surat from September 20 to September 24.
To ensure the presence of Achanta Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra, who will compete at the World Table Tennis Championships, the table tennis events were scheduled earlier than the other competitions.
Apart from the trio, Commonwealth Games medallists Sreeja Akula and Harmeet Desai representing Telangana and Andhra Pradesh respectively, will be seen in action.
In the last National Games, Tamil Nadu claimed the top spot in table tennis with three gold, two silver and a bronze medal. While Amalraj Anthony won men’s singles, Shamini won women’s singles and the men’s team won gold with Amalraj partnering with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, who also won doubles silver.
Gujarat, the host of the 36th National Games, will be one of the favourites to bag the men’s team gold in the table tennis event. G. Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal will be competing only in the individual events as the Tami Nadu men’s team didn’t finish in the top eight in the Senior National championships, Gujarat will definitely fancy its chances.
In its ranks, it has established players in Harmeet, Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar, who are ranked (domestic ranking) third, fourth and fifth in the order.
The Maharashtra women’s team appear quite strong with Reeth Rishya, Swastika Ghosh, Diya Chitale, Anannya Basak and Shruti Amrute. Bengal will challenge Maharashtra as it has the veteran and five-time National champion Mouma Das, Ayhika Mukherjee, Prapti Sen, Suthirtha Mukherjee, and Takeme Sarkar. Incidentally, Mouma was also a member of the Bengal team when it won silver in 2015, the last time the Games was held in Kerala.
The top-eight seeds
Here is the schedule for the table tennis events taking place on September 21.
SCHEDULE DAY 2 (SEPTEMBER 21)-
| Event | TIME | OPPONENT 1 VS OPPONENT 2 |
| Women's team semifinals | 10 AM | Maharashtra vs Tamil Nadu |
| Women's team semifinals | 10 AM | Telangana vs West Bengal |
| Men's team semifinals | 12 PM | Gujarat vs West Bengal |
| Men's team semifinals | 12 PM | Maharashtra vs Delhi |
Here is the schedule for the table tennis events taking place on September 20.
SCHEDULE DAY 1 (SEPTEMBER 20)-
| Event | TIME | OPPONENT 1 VS OPPONENT 2 |
| Female team | 11 AM | Tamil Nadu vs West Bengal |
| Female team | 11 AM | Uttar Pradesh vs Karnataka |
| Female team | 11 AM | Gujarat vs Maharashtra |
| Female team | 11 AM | Haryana vs Telangana |
| Male team | 12:30 PM | Uttar Pradesh vs Maharashtra |
| Male team | 12:30 PM | Karnataka vs West Bengal |
| Male team | 12:30 PM | Haryana vs Gujarat |
| Male team | 12:30 PM | Telangana vs Delhi |
| Female team | 3 PM | Karnataka vs West Bengal |
| Female team | 3 PM | Uttar Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu |
| Female team | 3 PM | Telangana vs Maharashtra |
| Female team | 3 PM | Haryana vs Gujarat |
| Male team | 4:30 PM | West Bengal vs Maharashtra |
| Male team | 4:30 PM | Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh |
| Male team | 4:30 PM | Delhi vs Gujarat |
| Male team | 4:30 PM | Telangana vs Haryana |
| Female team | 6 PM | Haryana vs Maharashtra |
| Female team | 6 PM | Gujarat vs Telangana |
| Female team | 6 PM | Uttar Pradesh vs West Bengal |
| Female team | 6 PM | Tamil Nadu vs Karnataka |
| Male team | 7:30 PM | Karnataka vs Maharashtra |
| Male team | 7:30 PM | Uttar Pradesh vs West Bengal |
| Male team | 7:30 PM | Telangana vs Gujarat |
| Male team | 7:30 PM | Haryana vs Delhi |