TTFSL

Welcome back Aakash Kasar to the Thane TT Circuit. After an extended medical sabbatical of two years the "Ace" coach returns to the TT Circuit at his old adda Mavli Mandal School, Thane where he first started his academy.

TTFSL has an old history with Aakash's Ace Club having hosted multiple TTFSL events in the past and having helped TTFSL bid in the Auction in Prime TT League in 2023.

We wish Aakash the best of luck in restarting his venture, and more importantly to him good Health & Wellbeing being the theme of World Table Tennis Day 2026.

At his grand opening on Sunday 3rd May 2026 joined by TT friends....

TTFSL Director
Shane Z Sequeira

Day 2 & 3 of WTTD 2026 kicked off on Wed-Thur 22-23rd April 2026 at DS Shiv Sanstha School Sion W with all matches including group stage being BEST OF 5. The heat and humidity in Mumbai was a major factor even though players were given Coconut Water sponsored by our Hydration Partner .For the first time ever Special Adults category was also conducted

U15 (15 entries)

Superb performance by Harinee S surprisingly taking out experienced Aarav K in the SF in straight games. The second SF was a banger with Kaira M down 2-0 against Anshuman D, however the girl showed s***k to fight back and recover to make it 2-2. Anshuman D however persisted with defence keeping her pinned short of her FH to force errors and take the SF 3-2. The Final another battle of 2 left handers, was a total anticlimax with Harinee S BH punching and using super topspin finishes on Anshuman’s FH side.

Winner : Harinee S

Rup : Anshuman D

Prize Money dispensed : Rs 3000/-


Open Mens/Womens Doubles (11 pairs )

Shock upset by Shane/Kunwar against Harshil/Rajaram in the Qtrs winning 3-1, the JPOTTA boys unable to understand the changes in speed. Superb pairing by Virar boys Pratyush/Hardik who even beat the JPOTTA Pair of Nandini/Vedant in the group Stage. In the SF they fought hard but lost against the experienced pair of Shane/Kunwar who just dominated the last deciding game with winners. The pair of Anoushka/Dhruv dominated the group stages to meet Arnav/Ayush in the 2nd SF, however the Goregaon boys were too perfect in their opening and their topspins winning 3-1 against Anoushka/Dhruv.

The final was a rematch of the group stage. Already Arnav/Ayush had beaten the pair of Shane/Kunwar 3-0 in the group stage, though in the final it was much closer but the first sons of TTFSL dominated the Doubles to win 3-1.

Winner : Ayush S/Arnav K

Rup : Shane S/Kunwar J

Prize Money dispensed : Rs 4400/-

Open Mens /Womens Singles (37 entries)

Superb match between Prajwal R & Dhruv W with both locked in at 2-2 and 10-10 but a superb rally at the close by Dhruv W ensured the win. In the 1st SF, topspin machine Kunwar J outclassed Rajaram W playing a high spin rotation game, while the 2nd SF JPOTTA girl Nandini M had another outstanding match with Dhruv W narrowly losing 2-3. In the 3rd SF Harshil B managed finally to beat 3-0 Anoushka P who has beaten him 4 times before using a combination of long and fast away services and flat hits down the line to her BH.

The Finals were set with Dhruv W playing another classic 5 setter with Kunwar J. Kunwar J adding countertopspin to close the match 3-2. The second final a battle of both lefthanders Harshil B outgunned topspin machine Kunwar, while Kunwar used a looping game, Harshil used a targeted blocking game to win 3-1. The 3rd final Dhruv forced errors from Harshil to take the win 3-2. We must appreciate the stamina of Dhruv W, 5 setter in QF with Prajwal, 5 Setter in SF with Nandini, and twice 5 Setters in the Final with Harshil B & Kunwar J.

With each player now having One win Each in the Final, Harshil B had the highest game difference with +1, while the second place is decided on a H2H basis and therefore Kunwar J got the runner up position as he had beaten Dhruv.

Two players were outstanding Prajwal R and Nandini M and we hope to see them battle in action in TITANIUM 7 very soon.

Winner : Harshil B

Rup : Kunwar J

Prize Money dispensed : Rs 7400/-

Mens 40+/50+ combined (21 entries)

Adriel got a walkover in the first SF from an unavailable Ketan G who had taken out TT chief Shane S in the QF 3-1.

Super defence, cutting and chopping by Gajanan P completely foxed 3-0 Hanoz P in the second SF. The final was not however played as Adriel D did not make it for the final as per schedule, with a decent leeway of over 1 hour given to Adriel D for late traffic, TTFSL as organizer decided to stick to rules and eventually walked over the match.

Winner : Gajanan P

Rup : Adriel D

Prize Money dispensed : Rs 4200/-

Special Children U19 (5 entries)

With notable absence of Dilkhush Special School students, the event was easily won by Ankit C and the runner up Vignesh both from Sulabha Special School. Vignesh was hitting very good topspins but Ankits blocking was too good.

Winner : Ankit C

Rup : Vignesh G

Special Adults (12 entries)

With notable absence of Dilkhush Special School students, the event was easily won by Ronak, most of the other opponents from Snehalaya Thane and Sulabha Special School, Vidyavihar were playing a TT Tournament for the first time ever in their lives. Both Snehalya Thane and Sulabha Special School are TTFSL indicatives’ under the TT4All programme. Swami B particularly was outstanding for his ball control, considering that he has learnt TT in just 4 months that too twice a week.

Winner : Ronak S

Rup : Swami B

TTFSL would first like to thank our venue partners, Kohinoor City Club, Kurla W and DS Shiv Sanstha School for hosting WTTD 2026.

TTFSL would like to thank all 157 TT Players that beat the summer heat, beat the heavy Mumbai traffic and showed up to play WORLD TABLE TENNIS DAY 2026 on a week day with full spirit. Players wore the special WTTD 2026 100 % 160 gsm Cotton Biowashed Gm Tee in a beautiful bright summer yellow designed by TTFSL in support of WTTD 2026.

We want to thank our referees Amol Pawar and his team for fair and equitable play and our Hydration Sponsor Storia for the Coconut Water and Badam Shake bottles that kept players refreshed in simmering heat.

We thank Selection Sports for gifting sports towels to the Para Players and Special Adults.

A special thanks to our chief sponsor Concept Medical for supporting the WTTD 2026 theme of Health and Wellbeing. All Para and Special Children and Special Adults were gifted the WTTD Tee 2026. The CM team particularly Sandeep Patil, Amarsingh Rajpurohit watched the high quality SF & Final matches on the last day along with Sanjay Dhangar who flew in from Bangalore especially to see the event, we thank the Concept Medical marketing team at Surat who helped us conceptualize the event on concalls.

A special mention for my TTFSL Team mate Adil Khambata without whose support WTTD 2026 could not be possible.

WTTD 2026 concludes with pure happiness in our hearts under the TT4All theme…..Stay Healthy and Hola to Wellbeing

TTFSL Admins
Shane Z Sequeira
Adil Khambata

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