Two-time defending champion Dempo Goa Challengers was two points away from reaching the final of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 on Saturday when two youngsters from U Mumba stepped up, almost personifying the adage ‘It’s not over till it’s over’. Yashaswini Ghorpade had to blank Krittwika Roy in the second reverse singles to … Read more
After the second game of her debut against Kolkata Thunder Blades’ Selena Selvakumar on Monday, Fan Siqi headed towards Chennai Lions’ team box where coach Jorg Bitzigeio was ready with the strategy for the third and final one. But the instructions had to be translated from English to Mandarin. For the first time since Wu … Read more
The Ultimate Table Tennis league made its Ahmedabad debut on Saturday and fittingly, it was Gujarat-lad Harmeet Desai and his wife Krittwika Roy who came up with performances to remember. In the second tie of the Season 6’s opening day, Desai’s Goa Challengers began its title defence with a 10-5 victory over home side Ahmedabad … Read more
When Harmeet Desai led the Dempo Goa Challengers to a terrific triumph in Chennai last September, the team had scripted history. It became the first team to win two titles in Ultimate Table Tennis. As the franchise-based table tennis league returns for its sixth edition, Harmeet’s Challengers will be gunning to register a hat-trick of … Read more
TABLE TENNIS Ultimate Table Tennis Juniors set to be held in Ahmedabad from May 29 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. … Read more
For the first time in Ultimate Table Tennis’ history, teams have been given the freedom to handpick their own coaching staff. Dronacharya Awardee Raman Subramanian, German specialist Chris Pfeiffer—who has coached stars like Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra—veteran trainers Pavel Rehorek and Julien Girard, and former India No. 1 Jubin Kumar are all set to … Read more
Table Tennis Super League (TTSL), an initiative by Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), is set to commence with its Maharashtra edition on April 3 at NSCI in Mumbai. The tournament, comprising six franchise-backed teams and 36 players chosen from across Maharashtra through an auction, will culminate on April 6. The winner will receive Rs 3.5 lakhs … Read more
As the engines of Formula LGB cars roared a few lanes away with Chennai hosting its first-ever street race, Alvaro Robles and Lily Zhang shifted gears at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium and revved up to ensure PBG Bengaluru Smashers takes the chequered flag in the race to the Ultimate Table Tennis semifinal. Dabang Delhi … Read more