UTT 2023: Goa Challengers topples Dabang Delhi to enter final
The HinduGoa Challengers maintained its supremacy over table-topper Dabang Delhi TTC in a nail-biting semifinal to book a place in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four final on Friday. Riding on an all-round effort, Goa - trailing 6-4 at one stage - rode high on Alvaro Robles and T. Reeth Rishya’s superlative efforts to edge past the G. Sathiyan-led Delhi outfit 8-7 and enter its maiden UTT final. Despite Jon Persson’s powerful forehand top-spins putting him in the lead Robles rode high on his reach and flummoxed Persson with his side-spins and top-spins to level the tie at six games apiece. Reeth - used to facing Sreeja’s long-pimpled backhand rubber - then unleashed her powerful forehand top-spins and closed the tie out with Sreeja committing a forehand top-spin error off the third ball, trailing 8-10 in the third game.