TT Crunch is back after a short break, coronavirus(https://ttcrunch.com/news/coronavirus-impact-on-table-tennis/) has affected everything around the world and the sports of table tennis has also got affected. Daily lives of people who are in the field of table tennis have also got affected. To support the table tennis family, ITTF has started a fundraiser to help the daily lives of people working in the field of table tennis. Here is a video about the #tabletennisunited campaign

India’s Highest Ranked Table Tennis Star Sathiyan Gnanasekaran having broken into the top 25 of the ITTF rankings in 2019, making him the first Indian table tennis player to do so, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran was in good form coming into the year. The 27-year-old can customize the machine to his liking and its ability to spew out more than 100 balls each minute at varying speeds and spin ties in well with his fluid movement behind the table. Sathiyan shared a video on his official Instagram -

China’s Zhang Jike is major player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men’s singles at the Olympic games in London 2012. But Zhang Jike has been missing in action since 2018. Recently Zhang Jike was spotted in spectators in China marvelous 12 2020 but he has been missing in action.

Coronavirus cases has affected lives of more than 7.5 lakh people around the world. The number of cases are rising in India have increased to over one thousand cases. Prime Minister of India has appealed all Indians to donate to PM-CARES fund to help fight this pandemic. India is currently under 21 day lockdown that started on Wednesday last week.

ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open 2020 finals, India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal won Gold in Men’s Singles category defating Portugal’s Marcos Freitas respectively. 37-year-old Indian outclassed top seeded Marcos Freitas after being down for first set. In Women’s Category Japan’s Hitomi Sato grabbed Gold medal defeating Kato from Japan.

ITTF Oman Open semi finals, India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal and Harmeet desai are going to face Kirill Skachkov and Portugal’s Marcos Freitas respectively. ITTF Oman open is the final event before the ITTF events suspension due to coronavirus - COVID-19.

ITTF Oman Open day 5, Marcos Freitas will take on Pistez Lubomir of Slovakia. Marcos Freitas is coming back in good form and it seems like he might be on the path to gain his first 2020 title. India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal will face Khanin Aliaksandr of Belarus on day 5. Belgium LAMBIET Florent will face WANG Yang of Slovakia.

ITTF Platinum event, Qatar Open 2020 was full of surpises. The event was action packed and full of upsets and comebacks. Liam Pitchford defeated World No 1 Xu Xin. Fan Zhendong came back against an impressive Wang Chuqin.