Kirill Gerassimenko was appointed as the captain of Stanley’s Chennai Lions ahead of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6. The Kazakhstan paddler had come for the tournament in Ahmedabad after losing 2-4 to Hugo Calderano, the eventual silver medallist, in the round of 32 at the World Championships. In terms of form and experience, … Read more
After three rounds in the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season Six, Chennai Lions is the only team amongst the eight franchises which has not won a single tie in Ahmedabad. The side, which clinched the title on its debut season in 2019 (Season Three) and finished as runner-up in 2023 (Season Four), is seventh … Read more
Sreeja Akula, fresh off two straight victories in singles, would probably rank Thursday’s win at the Ultimate Table Tennis season 6 the highest. She took down Bernadette Szocs, World No. 12 and the highest-ranked player in the league, as Jaipur Patriots edged U Mumba 8-7 in front of barely 100 people at the EKA Arena. … Read more
For at least three spectators, the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 fixture between Jaipur Patriots and Chennai Lions at a virtually empty EKA Arena on Tuesday was nothing more than a stop on their way to the Narendra Modi Stadium for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final. “We came here just to check … Read more
The home team, Chennai Lions, didn’t have anything to lose. Neither did Puneri Paltan Table Tennis. But both sides had everything to play for on Tuesday. A semifinal spot in Ultimate Table Tennis, after all, was up for grabs. And the host almost did it, with an unheard-of scoreline of 12-3, that somehow keeps it … Read more