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India Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- India Today
Dabang Delhi crush Jaipur Patriots 11-4 to begin UTT 2025 campaign
Former champions Dabang Delhi TTC started their campaign on a positive note by outplaying Jaipur Patriots 11-4 in the opening match of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) here Izaac of Singapore came from a game down to beat American Kanak Jha 2-1 (5-11 11-5 11-9) in the first men's singles match to hand 2018 champions Dabang Delhi the international Sreeja Akula brought Jaipur Patriots back with a 2-1 (4-11 11-9 11-10) win over Maria Xiao of Spain in women's Olympian Sathiyan Gnanasekaran then joined forces with Xiao for Dabang Delhi and defeated the pair of Jha and Akula 3-0 (11-6 11-10 11-6) in the mixed doubles was on fire then, scoring an easy 3-0 (11-6 11-7 11-6) win over Jeet Chandra in the reverse men's Chitale took looked in good touch and was quick with both her forehand and backhand shots. She used top spin serves and powerful forehand smashed to prevail over Netherland's Britt Eerland to hand Dabang Delhi an easy win and confident the league stage of UTT league, a game is won when a player scores first 11 points, with a golden point used deciding games that are tied at 10-10.A team wins a tie by winning the most games. In the league stage, a team wins a tie by winning at least eight out of the 15 total games.
News18
3 days ago
- Sport
- News18
UTT Season 6: Sathiyan And Diya Lead Dabang Delhi To 11-4 Win Over Patriots
Sathiyan, participating in his sixth consecutive season with Dabang Delhi, started strong by defeating Jeet Chandra 3-0 in Match 4, Game 2, ensuring a tie win for Delhi. Diya, this season's highest-valued Indian player, followed with a solid 2-1 win over World No. 43 Britt Eerland, showcasing a strong performance by the Season 2 champions. Organized by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani, the IndianOil UTT continues to expand as a premier professional league. All 23 ties will be held over 16 days at Ahmedabad's EKA Arena, with tickets available exclusively on BookMyShow. UTT Season 6 kicked off with an exciting match between USA's three-time Olympian Kanak Jha and Singapore's 19-year-old Izaac Quek. Despite Kanak's higher ranking and strong start, Izaac secured a 2-1 victory for Dabang Delhi with powerful backhand smashes. Jaipur's Sreeja Akula made a comeback against Maria Xiao, overcoming an initial seven-point deficit to win 2-1 with the season's first Golden Point. In mixed doubles, the new pairing of Sathiyan and Maria clicked immediately, winning 11-6, 11-10, 11-6 for Delhi. Building on this momentum, Sathiyan and Diya Chitale clinched the final two matches, securing a dominant victory for Delhi. Sathiyan was awarded the Indian Player of the Tie for his clean sweep over Jeet, while Maria received both the Foreign Player of the Tie and Shot of the Tie awards. Earlier, in the Dream UTT Juniors, both Maharashtra teams secured narrow 5-4 wins. U Mumba TT narrowly defeated Stanley's Chennai Lions with key victories from Prateek Tulsani and Ananya Muralidharan, while PBG Pune Jaguars triumphed over Kolkata ThunderBlades with a strong doubles performance by Atharva Nawarange and Tushti Sood. Izaac Quek bt. Kanak Jha 2-1 (5-11, 11-5, 11-9) Maria Xiao lost to Sreeja Akula 1-2 (11-4, 9-11, 10-11) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran/Maria Xiao bt. Kanak Jha/Sreeja Akula 3-0 (11-6, 11-10, 11-6) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bt. Jeet Chandra 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-6) Diya Chitale bt. Britt Eerland 2-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11)
News18
3 days ago
- Sport
- News18
Dabang Delhi beat Jaipur Patriots in UTT opener
Agency: PTI Last Updated: Ahmedabad, May 31 (PTI) Former champions Dabang Delhi TTC started their campaign on a positive note by outplaying Jaipur Patriots 11-4 in the opening match of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) here Saturday. Quek Izaac of Singapore came from a game down to beat American Kanak Jha 2-1 (5-11 11-5 11-9) in the first men's singles match to hand 2018 champions Dabang Delhi the lead. India international Sreeja Akula brought Jaipur Patriots back with a 2-1 (4-11 11-9 11-10) win over Maria Xiao of Spain in women's singles. Olympian Sathiyan Gnanasekaran then joined forces with Xiao for Dabang Delhi and defeated the pair of Jha and Akula 3-0 (11-6 11-10 11-6) in the mixed doubles match. Gnanasekaran was on fire then, scoring an easy 3-0 (11-6 11-7 11-6) win over Jeet Chandra in the reverse men's singles. Diya Chitale took looked in good touch and was quick with both her forehand and backhand shots. She used top spin serves and powerful forehand smashed to prevail over Netherland's Britt Eerland to hand Dabang Delhi an easy win and confident start. In the league stage of UTT league, a game is won when a player scores first 11 points, with a golden point used deciding games that are tied at 10-10. A team wins a tie by winning the most games. In the league stage, a team wins a tie by winning at least eight out of the 15 total games. PTI SSC SSC AT AT
