Indore, Oct. 27 -- The spotlight may be dimmed by the absence of India's top-ranked paddlers, but the action at the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships-beginning Tomorrow at the Abhay Prashal Stadium-here promises to burn just as bright.
With over 2,450 entries, the event has drawn one of the largest fields in recent years, reaffirming the growing depth of Indian table tennis. Even without marquee names such as Manav Thakkar (World No. 38), G. Sathiyan (No. 56), and women's stars Sreeja Akula (No. 38), Manika Batra, Swastika Ghosh, and Ayhika Mukherjee, the competition retains its intensity-and importance-as a key stop on the domestic circuit.
While the senior stars will have to wait for their turn later in the week, the...