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The Hindu
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Contrasting victories for Goa Challengers and Dabang Delhi
Defending champion Goa Challengers and last year's finalist Dabang Delhi TTC began their Ultimate Table Tennis Season 6 campaign with wins in contrasting fashion on the opening day at the EKA Arena here on Saturday. Goa Challengers — with Gujarati captain Harmeet Desai and his better half Krittwika Sinha Roy — was stretched to the hilt by 2024 semifinalist Ahmedabad SG Pipers. The tie was open till the last last rubber when Zeng Jian closed it out by pipping Giorgia Piccolin to set up a 10-5 win. Dabang Delhi rode on captain G. Sathiyan's exploits to outplay Jaipur Patriots 11-4. Sathiyan didn't concede a single game in his six matches, including the mixed doubles with southpaw Maria Xiao as his partner. Had Diya Chitale — the National women's champion — not squandered a 7-2 lead in the last league and kept a clean slate, the Delhi squad would have equalled the joint-highest margin of result record. In a late match, Harmeet and Krittwika had impressive outings in singles. Harmeet saved a match point in the second game against the seasoned German Ricardo Walther before running away with the decider. Krittwika used her experience against Ayhika Mukherjee to put Challengers in charge. The results: Dabang Delhi TTC bt Jaipur Patriots 11-4 (Izaac Quek bt Kanak Jha 5-11, 11-5, 11-9; Maria Xiao lost to Sreeja Akula 11-4, 9-11, 10-11; G. Sathiyan & Maria Xiao bt Jha & Sreeja 11-6, 11-10, 11-6; Sathiyan bt Jeet Chandra 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; Diya Chitale bt Britt Eerland 11-8, 11-7, 8-11). Dempo Goa Challengers bt Ahmedabad SG Pipers 10-5 (Tiago Apolonia bt SFR Snehit 11-6, 11-6, 10-11; Krittwika Sinha Roy bt Ayhika Mukherjee 4-11, 11-8, 11-9; Zeng Jian & Harmeet Desai lost to Ayhika & Ricardo Walther 9-11, 10-11, 11-10; Harmeet bt Riccardo Walther 6-11, 11-10, 11-3; Zeng bt Giorgio Piccolin 11-7, 11-7, 11-5). Sunday's fixture: U Mumba TT vs PBG Pune Jaguars (5 p.m.)
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
UTT Junior
The inaugural Dream UTT junior table tennis tournament, featuring eight boys and eight girls of the franchise teams, is scheduled to be staged at the EKA Arena, Ahmedabad, on a league cum knock-out basis from May 29 to June 8. The top eight boys and girls were selected from Dream Sports Championship staged in March, in which Sahil Rawat and Divyanshi Bhowmick emerged champions. Each tie will feature two singles and a mixed doubles match. The semifinals will be played on June 7 and the final on June 8. All matches will streamed live on FanCode. The teams: Ahmedabad SG Pipers: Abheek Kashyap, Mouboni Chatterjee. Stanley's Chennai Lions: Siddhanth Dhariwal, Divyanshi Bhowmick. Dabang Delhi TTC: Akash Rajavelu, Dhaani Jain. Dempo Goa Challegners: Sahil Rawat, Aarya Pedkar. Jaipur Patriots: Trishal Surapureddy, Shreya Dhar. Kolkata Thunder Blades: Ritvik Gupta, Swara Karmarkar. PBG Pune Jaguars: Atharva Nawarange, Tushti Sood. U Mumba TT: Prateek Tulsani, Ananya Muralidhar. = = = EOM
News18
17-05-2025
- Sport
- News18
Ultimate Table Tennis Season 6 To Begin With Exciting Double-Header In Ahmedabad
Last Updated: The sixth season of Ultimate Table Tennis starts at EKA Arena, Ahmedabad, with Dempo Goa Challengers vs Ahmedabad SG Pipers. Eight franchises compete in 23 ties, finale on June 15. The sixth season of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) will begin at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad with a double-header including a match between defending champions Dempo Goa Challengers and home team Ahmedabad SG Pipers. Earlier in the evening, Season 2 winners Dabang Delhi TTC will face Sreeja Akula-led Jaipur Patriots in the opener. Eight franchises will compete across 23 ties with the finale set for June 15. U Mumba TT, led by world No. 14 Bernadette Szocs and rising Indian star Yashaswini Ghorpade, begin their season with a Maharashtra Derby on June 1 against PBG Pune Jaguars, spearheaded by Spanish ace Alvaro Robles. Debutants Kolkata ThunderBlades, featuring world youth no. 5 Ankur Bhattacharjee and Olympians Quadri Aruna and Adriana Diaz, open their campaign on June 2 against Season 3 winners Chennai Lions, headlined by China's Fan Siqi, the most expensive pick at this year's auction, and former world youth number one (U-17) Payas Jain. Other key clashes lined up include the Western Derby between Mumbai and Ahmedabad on June 2. A rematch of last year's final between Dabang Delhi and Dempo Goa Challengers, which pits Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Diya Chitale against Harmeet Desai and Singapore's Zeng Jian, is set for June 4. The semifinals will be played on June 13 and 14. After the league stage, the top four teams on the points table will progress to the knockout stage before the semifinals and the finals. First Published: May 16, 2025, 16:26 IST
The Hindu
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
UTT 2025 schedule announced: Dates, format, teams – Everything in one place
The sixth season of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) begins on May 31 with a double-header at Ahmedabad's EKA Arena. Season two champion Dabang Delhi TTC faces Sreeja Akula's Jaipur Patriots in the opener, followed by defending champion Dempo Goa Challengers against host Ahmedabad SG Pipers. Each team plays five ties in the league stage, with every tie featuring two men's singles, two women's singles, and one mixed doubles match. The top four teams advance to the knockouts. Seven double-headers are scheduled, with ties starting at 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM, and single matches beginning at 7:30 PM. Here's the full schedule of UTT season 6: May 31 17:00 Jaipur Patriots v Dabang Delhi T.T.C. May 31 19:30 Ahmedabad SG Pipers v Dempo Goa Challengers June 1 17:00 U Mumba TT v PBG Pune Jaguars June 2 17:00 Chennai Lions v Kolkata ThunderBlades June 2 19:30 U Mumba TT v Ahmedabad SG Pipers June 3 17:00 Jaipur Patriots v Chennai Lions June 4 17:00 Dabang Delhi T.T.C. v Dempo Goa Challengers June 4 19:30 PBG Pune Jaguars v Kolkata ThunderBlades June 5 17:00 Jaipur Patriots v U Mumba TT June 5 19:30 Chennai Lions v Ahmedabad SG Pipers June 6 17:00 PBG Pune Jaguars v Dempo Goa Challengers June 6 19:30 Dabang Delhi T.T.C. v Kolkata ThunderBlades June 7 17:00 Jaipur Patriots v Ahmedabad SG Pipers June 7 19:30 U Mumba TT v Chennai Lions June 8 17:00 Dempo Goa Challengers v Kolkata ThunderBlades June 8 19:30 Dabang Delhi T.T.C. v PBG Pune Jaguars June 9 19:30 Chennai Lions v Dempo Goa Challengers June 10 19:30 Ahmedabad SG Pipers v Kolkata ThunderBlades June 11 19:30 Jaipur Patriots v PBG Pune Jaguars June 12 19:30 U Mumba TT v Dabang Delhi T.T.C. June 13 19:30 Team 1 v Team 4 June 14 19:30 Team 2 v Team 3 June 15 19:30 SF1 Winner v SF2 Winner
