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19 year old Yashaswini Ghorpade finished as runner up at WTT Feeder series last week. From I gather she is only second Indian to enter final of a WTT Feeder level event after Sreeja Akula.

Yashaswini Ghorpade Shines as Runner-Up at 2024 Doha WTT Feeder Series
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Atithee wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:36 pm With Asian immigrants growing, I think US is changing and will be competitive in both TT and badminton in the next 5-10 years. Mark my words!
The genes don't matter that much, the system does. The U.S. does not have a system to encourage mass scale engagement in the sport, systematic honing of skills, and promise of a future by playing the game. People who are great in TT are quitting because they see no future in the U.S. wrt earning a living as a professional. So, I am not that hopeful. Asian immigrants have been growing in the U.S. for over 40 years now. It has not moved much.

You can check the numbers here: Demo of Asian Americans Yes, in the last decade we have seen the biggest jump but from the '90s there have been about 5 mill, 6 mill, and 7 mill in each decade. The ones who came in the '90s are now 30 years old and would have emerged if the system was there. China, Malaysia, Indonesia are good because they have the population + the system - the culture of these sports. The U.S. does not. There is practically no support for these sports. There is a lot more of that in France and Germany wrt TT and Denmark wrt badminton than in the U.S. I do not think there will be a huge American renaissance in these sports.
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WTT Feeder Doha 2024

Men's singles:
Amalraj Anthony & Payas Jain made it through to the QFs before bowing out
15th seed Payas Jain (IND,199) beat 4th seed Andrei Istrate (ROU,130) in the pre-QF but lost to the eventual winner Chang Yu-An (TWN,83) in the QFs

Women's singles:
[F] Yashaswini Ghorpade (IND,81) l. Hitomi Sato (JPN,69) 1-3
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WTT Youth Star Contender Doha 2024

U15 Girls' singles:
Divyanshi Bhowmick - runner up

U15 Girls' doubles:
Divyanshi Bhowmick/Syndrela Das - runners up

U15 Mixed doubles:
Syndrela Das/Soham Mukherjee - runners up
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WTT Youth Star Contender Doha 2024

U19 Boys's singles:
Ankur Bhattacharjee - runner up

U19 Boys' doubles:
Sarth Mishra/Ankur Bhattacharjee - champions
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WTT is raising the stakes in 2025 with the introduction of the United States Smash (US Smash) set to electrify Las Vegas from 3-13 July 2025 at the Orleans Arena.

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WTT Champions Montpellier this week where only the top 32 players are playing

[R1] Manika Batra (IND,30) vs Lily Zhang (USA,29) - This is their 2nd H2H with Lily ahead 1-0
[R1] Sreeja Akula (IND,25) vs Adriana Diaz (PUR,13) - This is their 3rd meeting with the H2H score tied
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Harmeet Desai is the 3rd seed at WTT Feeder Cagliari. He is going through a rough patch but as per the draw, he should find a way to at least reach the semis, as his best result is a QF at WTT Feeder Varazdin
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What a win by Manika! She gets her revenge and is through to the next round.

[R1] Manika Batra (IND,30) d. Lily Zhang (USA,29) 11-4, 11-8, 12-10
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Sreeja lost a tight one.

[R1] Sreeja Akula (IND,25) l. Adriana Diaz (PUR,13) 11-6, 7-11, 1-11, 11-8, 8-11

[R2] Manika Batra (IND,30) vs (8) Bernadette Szocs (ROU,14) H2H 5-5 and Manika beat her recently in the Olympics
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[R2] Manika Batra (IND,30) d. (8) Bernadette Szocs (ROU,14) 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9 :clap:

Manika through to her first ever WTT Champions QF!

She will meet Qian Tianyi (CHN,21) next. They have a H2H 1-1. Let's go Manika..
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prasen9 wrote: Tue Oct 08, 2024 11:24 am
Atithee wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:36 pm With Asian immigrants growing, I think US is changing and will be competitive in both TT and badminton in the next 5-10 years. Mark my words!
The genes don't matter that much, the system does. The U.S. does not have a system to encourage mass scale engagement in the sport, systematic honing of skills, and promise of a future by playing the game. People who are great in TT are quitting because they see no future in the U.S. wrt earning a living as a professional. So, I am not that hopeful. Asian immigrants have been growing in the U.S. for over 40 years now. It has not moved much.

You can check the numbers here: Demo of Asian Americans Yes, in the last decade we have seen the biggest jump but from the '90s there have been about 5 mill, 6 mill, and 7 mill in each decade. The ones who came in the '90s are now 30 years old and would have emerged if the system was there. China, Malaysia, Indonesia are good because they have the population + the system - the culture of these sports. The U.S. does not. There is practically no support for these sports. There is a lot more of that in France and Germany wrt TT and Denmark wrt badminton than in the U.S. I do not think there will be a huge American renaissance in these sports.
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gunsnroses wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 6:07 am
She will meet Qian Tianyi (CHN,21) next. They have a H2H 1-1. Let's go Manika..
Manika lost in straight 3 games against the Chinese. Saw that match. Manika started better in all 3 games and had taken 3-4 points lead but could not sustain it.

Nonetheless, another good performance from Indian table tennis players.
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gunsnroses wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:06 am Harmeet Desai is the 3rd seed at WTT Feeder Cagliari. He is going through a rough patch but as per the draw, he should find a way to at least reach the semis, as his best result is a QF at WTT Feeder Varazdin
Harmeet lost to a 476th ranked guy from Malta in the QFs
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WTT Feeder Cagliari

Women's doubles:
Yashaswini Ghorpade/Krittwika Roy - champions :clap:
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