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
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
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
Beginner’s luck or a well-planned strategic move? Kolkata Thunder Blades’ decision to field Indian players in the first two singles worked wonders as the side defeated former champion Chennai Lions 8-7 in a thriller in its Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) debut on Monday. Thunder Blades’ paddlers, clad in baby blue kits, made their way into … Read more
A new identity brought about a change in the Pune franchise’s fortunes in the Maharashtra derby of Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) as it defeated U Mumba for the very first time on Sunday. Having lost to the Mumbai-based outfit as Puneri Paltan in seasons 3 and 4, the rebranded PBG Pune Jaguars came from behind … 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
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 … Read more
Harmeet Desai and Sreeja Akula were retained by Goa Challengers TTC and Jaipur Patriots, respectively, by employing the Right to Match card, while Manika Batra was signed by Ahmedabad SG Pipers after PBG Pune Jaguars let go of the star female paddlers in the Player Auction ahead of the Ultimate Table Tennis’ sixth edition. “It … Read more
Chinese paddler Fan Siqi, World No. 13 Bernadette Szocs, Olympians Aruna Quadri and Alvaro Robles, and several rising Indian paddlers led by junior World No. 6 Ankur Bhattacharjee, will headline the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 player auction, set to take place in Mumbai on Tuesday. For the first time in UTT history, team … Read more