Sharath Kamal

Commonwealth Games 2022 News: Veteran Sharath Kamal extended his domination at the Commonwealth Games here by winning the gold medal in men's singles event, ...

Sharath absorbed the pressure to make it 10-6 after time out. He was also brilliant in cutting the points short with perfectly placed backhand winners. Long rallies away from the table was the order of the day and Sharath won majority of them.

Ageless champion of Indian table tennis wins second men's singles Commonwealth Games gold, beating England's Liam Pitchford 4-1.

The more we talk about a player’s technique, the more strategies he develops in his head and is ready to execute them. A foreign coach of his at the time asked him to work on his backhands. He snatched the second game away from the then World No. 3 and took the third game to the tie-breaker before eventually losing the match in five games. She says he gladly acknowledged his shortcomings and decided to work on them. It’s not that he’s always been the technically strong player that he is. The second was his men’s singles semifinal against England’s Paul Drinkhall. The Englishman matched Sharath’s speed, meaning India’s 10-time national champion had to be quicker than he usually is. The then 24-year-old Achanta Sharath Kamal was playing his first Commonwealth Games men’s singles finals and he was up against home favourite, Australia’s William Henzell. Having played Henzell and beaten him in 2004, Sharath knew Henzell’s style of play and studied how to counter it. He knows how to deal with anything that gets thrown at him,” she said. One could be forgiven for thinking the tide was turning in Aruna’s favour but Sharath, unleashing some power-hitting, dominated Aruna 11-8 in the third before clinching a rather dramatic fourth game 15-13 to give India a 2-0 lead in the match. Sixteen years after the Melbourne triumph, it has brought him his second Commonwealth men’s singles gold, at the Birmingham Games. Being a strong forehand player then, Sharath had to quickly adapt to Henzell’s backhand topspin shots and managed to take the high-octane best-of-seven match 4-3. He was confident about securing his first gold medal at the quadrennial games.

The only other time Sharath, seeded fourth here, made it to the CWG final, he returned with a gold in the 2006 edition in Melbourne.

A time-out at 6-5 meant Sharath returned with a change in tactic and closed the game out. Besides being his personal coach and performance analyst, Rajath - a former international paddler - also doubles up as Sharath’s sparring partner whenever required. Besides leaving Pitchford flummoxed with his variation of serves, Sharath also ensured he used the width of the table much better.

The 40-year-old Sharath has a rich haul of four medals in this edition of the Games, having won the men's team and mixed doubles gold and a silver in the ...

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The Tamil Nadu-born paddler is one of the finest table tennis players that India has ever produced. He won his first national title back in 2003.

He defeated Hong Kong’s Li Ching in the final to script a remarkable achievement. Sharath's first international title appeared a year later at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships. The year 2004 is also a memorable one for the 40-year-old table tennis player as he secured his maiden Olympics berth that year. He was also among the four to win themen's team goldat the CWG 2022. Earlier he had paired with Sreeja Akula to finish on top in the mixed doubles category. The Commonwealth Games 2022 has turned out to be a field of gold for India's table tennis ace Achanta Sharath Kamal. Kamal won gold in the men's singles at the event in Birmingham on August 8. Commonwealth Games 2022: Sharath Kamal just won gold in the table tennis men's singles event in Birmingham. Earlier he had paired with Sreeja Akula to finish on top in the mixed doubles category.

कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स 2022 (Commonwealth Games 2022) में भारतीय टेबल टेनिस स्टार अचंता शरत कमल ने लियाम ...

गौरतलब है कि अचंता शरत कमल का कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स में यह 7वां मेडल है. इससे पहले अचंता शरत कमल कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स 2006 के अलावा 2010, 2014, 2018 में मेडल अपने नाम कर चुकै हैं. इस तरह उन्होंने लगातार पांचवे कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स में मेडल जीता है. अचंता शरत कमल ने सबसे पहले साल 2006 के मेलबर्न कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स में मेडल अपने नाम किया था. बहरहाल, अचंता शरत कमल ने 40 साल की उम्र में गोल्ड मेडल जीतकर इतिहास रच दिया है. वहीं, भारत की स्टार शटलर पीवी सिंधु ने शानदार प्रदर्शन करते हुए गोल्ड मेडल जीत लिया. उन्होंने बैडमिंटन विमेन्स के सिंगल्स मुकाबले में कनाडा की मिशेली ली को हराकर गोल्ड पर कब्जा किया. सिंधु ने इससे पहले सेमीफाइनल मैच में भी शानदार प्रदर्शन किया था. उन्होंने इसे बरकरार रखा और गोल्ड अपने नाम किया. इसके अलावा भारतीय बैडमिंटन खिलाड़ी लक्ष्य सेन (Lakshya Sen) ने पुरुष सिंगल्स के फाइनल मैच में मलेशिया के जी योंग एनजी (Tze Yong Ng) को हराकर गोल्ड मेडल जीता. उन्होंने जी योंग को 19-21, 21-9, 21-16 से हराया. CWG 2022 Sharath Kamal: कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स 2022 में भारतीय खिलाड़ियों का शानदार प्रदर्शन जारी है. भारत के मेडल की संख्या लगातार बढ़ रही है. अब टेबल टेनिस में अचंता शरत कमल ने एक और गोल्ड मेडल भारत की झोली में डाल दिया है. उन्होंने लियाम पिचफोर्ड को हराया. इस तरह अब कॉमनवेल्थ गेम्स 2022 में भारत के गोल्ड मेडल की संख्या 21 हो गई है. वहीं, मेडल टैली में भारत चौथे नंबर पर है.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Boxer Nikhat Zareen and veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal have been named as the flagbearers for the closing ...

On the other hand, Nikhat Zareen eased to a Gold medal in the women's 48kg category, establishing her status as the numero of Indian badminton. Sharath Kamal had reached Birmingham with 9 medals at the CWG and he added 4 more to it. Notably, PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh were India’s flagbearers at the opening ceremony, which was held on July 28.

If Sharath Kamal was a nation at CWG 2022, he'd be ranked 16th out of 72 participating nations.

21: Sharath played a whopping 21 matches at the 2022 Games. Huh, that has a ring to it! At 40, you'd imagine that he'd be in the twilight phase of his career. The first gold came in 2006, the next one today. 13: Sharath has won 13 CWG medals since his debut in 2006. Sharath Kamal was 23 on the first date, and 40 on the second. If Sharath was a nation at CWG 2022, he'd be ranked 16th out of 72 participating nations.

Achanta Sharath Kamal Wins Gold In TT: टेबल टेनिस में मेन्स सिंगल्स के फाइनल में शरत कमल ने इंग्लैंड के ...