U Mumba TT, Jaipur Patriots
Prateek Tulsani and Ananya Muralidharan eked out a thrilling 11-8, 11-10, 11-10 mixed doubles victory over Trishall Surapureddy and Shreya Dhar to put U Mumba TT in the final with a 5-2 victory over Jaipur Patriots in the Dream UTT Juniors table tennis tournament at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
In the other semifinal, Swara Karmarkar beat Aarya Redkar 11-7, 11-10 in the decisive girls singles match to guide Kolkata ThunderBlades to a 5-3 victory over Dempo Goa Challengers.
The final will be played at 11 a.m. on Sunday, and will be streamed live on FanCode.
The results: Semifinals: U Mumba TT bt Jaipur Patriots 5-2 (Prateek Tulsani lost to Trishal Surapureddy 8-11, 11-10, 5-11; Prateek & Ananya Muralidharan bt Trishal & Shreya Dhar 11-8, 11-10, 11-10; Ananya bt Shreya 11-6).
Kolkata ThunderBlades bt Dempo Goa Challengers 5-3 (Ritvik Gupta bt Sahil Rawat 11-4, 10-11, 11-8; Ritvik & Swara Karmarkar lost to Sahil & Aarya Redkar 10-11, 11-10, 7-11; Swara bt Aarya 11-7, 11-10).
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