Teen prodigy Divyanshi spars with robotic at dwelling to hone TT abilities

Chatting with Indian Specific, Kamlesh Mehta, the a number of former nationwide champion and now TTFI secretary, tried to place Divyanshi’s Asian crown in perspective. “It’s an important efficiency. She has overwhelmed three Chinese language gamers and the participant whom she beat within the semifinals (Liu Ziling), had overwhelmed her 3 times earlier than. That participant may be very sturdy and likewise very snug with the fashion of play, the rubber that Bhowmick performs with. That itself speaks quantity about her achievement.”

Divyanshi, a resident of Kandivali in Mumbai, was round 9 when her father Rahul Bhowmick determined to drag out all stops to push his daughter’s quest for excellence. First got here a TT board throughout Covid so she may hit at dwelling after which, in what’s actually a rarity in India, a Energy Pong Omega Robotic to assist develop Divyanshi’s recreation. Each are main investments however the outcomes have been displaying early on.

“One of many issues that I observed in regards to the success of Chinese language TT gamers was their ball management. We used the robotic to work on particular situations the place she was having bother. You may programme the robotic to a high-spin, high-loop setting after which hit a thousand such balls in follow. The important thing was to repeat this again and again till she perfected it,” Rahul stated in a latest interview.

The outcomes have been encouraging and late final yr, Divyanshi was signed up by Dani Sports activities Basis, house owners of Final Desk Tennis (UTT) who had been scouting U-13 desk tennis gamers. She was a part of the Junior UTT in Ahmedabad in Might — catching eyes and profitable matches — till the ‘Chinese language coup’ in Taskhent.