How Goa turned the tables on defending champion Chennai to lift maiden UTT title
1 year, 4 months ago

How Goa turned the tables on defending champion Chennai to lift maiden UTT title

The Hindu  

Soon after the Goa Challengers assembled at the hotel for the Ultimate Table Tennis season four, it was handed over two different team kits. Cometh Sunday - facing defending champion Chennai Lions in the big final in front of the largest turnout of the season - Goa Challengers donned the other jersey. The change of colours worked a great deal as Goa Challengers clinched a humdinger of a final to win its maiden UTT title. While Harmeet had been the star act with T. Reeth Rishya as Goa Challengers’ perfect finisher throughout the league, Alvaro Robles, the Spaniard, rose to the occasion by whitewashing A. Sharath Kamal 3-0 to stage the Challengers’ comeback.

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Goa Challengers defends UTT title in style
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Goa Challengers defends UTT title in style

The Hindu  

Irrespective of the result of the Ultimate Table Tennis’s season five final on Saturday night, history was anyway in the making. Despite a boisterous crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium supporting Dabang Delhi TTC – the adopted local team with G. Sathiyan at its helm – Goa Challengers defended its title in style. Despite stunning Bernadette Szocs 3-0 to …

Ultimate Table Tennis League: Goa Challengers’ enters finals; captain Harmeet Desai in good spirits
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ultimate Table Tennis League: Goa Challengers’ enters finals; captain Harmeet Desai in good spirits

The Hindu  

Goa Challengers’ captain Harmeet Desai appeared in good spirits at the mixed zone while speaking to the media in Chennai on Thursday, as his team had just scripted a comfortable 8-4 win over table topper Bengaluru Smashers in the semifinals of the Ultimate Table Tennis League. We were more experienced in the situation.” Harmeet praised Italy’s Mihai Bobocica and Yangzi …

UTT: Goa proves a smashing success against Bengaluru, earns a shot at history
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UTT: Goa proves a smashing success against Bengaluru, earns a shot at history

The Hindu  

No team has been able to win two consecutive editions of the Ultimate Table Tennis league. Come Saturday, Goa Challengers will get an opportunity to create history after it stunned table-topper Bengaluru Smashers in the first semifinal on Thursday. That worked wonders for the Goa team as Mihai Bobocica turned the tables on Spanish southpaw Alvaro Robles, who was the …

Ultimate Table Tennis: Goa Challengers pip Chennai Lions 8-7 to win fourth season
1 year, 4 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis: Goa Challengers pip Chennai Lions 8-7 to win fourth season

Firstpost  

Goa Challengers proved themselves to be the better side in the final, to lift their first Ultimate Table Tennis title. Fortunes swung from one side to another as Alvaro Robles, Harmeet Desai and Reeth Tennison propelled Goa Challengers to a title win in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four with an 8-7 victory, in an intense final against the defending …

UTT 2023: Robles, Reeth clinch title for Goa Challengers
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Robles, Reeth clinch title for Goa Challengers

The Hindu  

No team had been able to defend its Ultimate Table Tennis title in the first seasons. The trend continued on Sunday as Goa Challengers hung on in a cliffhanger of a final against Chennai Lions for its maiden UTT triumph. Alvaro Robles’ clean sweep against legendary A. Sharath Kamal put the Goa outfit on the cusp of victory in front …

UTT 2023: Chennai Lions breezes past Puneri Paltan to set up final against Goa Challengers
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Chennai Lions breezes past Puneri Paltan to set up final against Goa Challengers

The Hindu  

Puneri Paltan TT, having scraped through to the semifinals, enjoyed the home support. Riding on an all-round show, A. Sharath Kamal’s army made short work of Puneri Paltan to win the semifinal 8-3 with four games remaining and set up an enticing final versus Goa Challengers. While Manush Shah and Hana ensured the tie was stretched into the fourth rubber, …

UTT 2023: Goa Challengers topples Dabang Delhi to enter final
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT 2023: Goa Challengers topples Dabang Delhi to enter final

The Hindu  

Goa 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 …

UTT day 14: Sathiyan stars in Dabang Delhi’s win over Chennai Lions
1 year, 4 months ago

UTT day 14: Sathiyan stars in Dabang Delhi’s win over Chennai Lions

The Hindu  

Gnanasekaran Sathiyan’s heroics were instrumental in helping Dabang Delhi TTC to end its Ultimate Table Tennis league stage with a double delight. Riding on Sathiyan’s high-class performance, with a 3-0 wipe-out of his Chennai and India senior pro A. Sharath Kamal, Dabang Delhi had pocketed the tie with the last of the 15 games remaining. However, the last game - …

UTT 2023: Sharath Kamal-led Chennai Lions beats Goa Challengers 11-4 in battle of table toppers
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: Sharath Kamal-led Chennai Lions beats Goa Challengers 11-4 in battle of table toppers

The Hindu  

A. Sharath Kamal, the old warhorse, was in his element as Chennai Lions displaced Goa Challengers from the top position in style with a lopsided win in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four on Saturday. Riding on Sharath’s clean sheet and his Australian teammate Yangzi Liu’s support act, the lions raced to a huge 11-4 win, the largest victory margin …

UTT 2023: Bengaluru Smashers stuns defending champion Chennai Lions
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: Bengaluru Smashers stuns defending champion Chennai Lions

The Hindu  

It was the first-ever South Indian Derby in the Ultimate Table Tennis, that too with a touch of local flavour. And the home support for the Bengaluru Smashers, with Pune-based owners, helped the UTT debutant stun defending champion Chennai Lions to register its maiden victory in the tournament. With captain Manika Batra and seasoned Kirill Gerassimenko playing the star act, …

UTT 2023: Harmet Desai-inspired Goa Challengers ends U Mumba’s unbeaten run
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: Harmet Desai-inspired Goa Challengers ends U Mumba’s unbeaten run

The Hindu  

Harmeet Desai celebrated his 30th birthday in style. And T. Reeth Rishya ensured that Harmeet’s heroics didn’t go to waste as Goa Challengers ended U Mumba TT’s unbeaten run in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four. But in the end, the solitary games that Alvaro Robles and Reeth won in their respective singles ties turned out to be decisive as …

WATCH | UTT highlights: Goa Challengers beats Dabang Delhi TTC
1 year, 5 months ago

WATCH | UTT highlights: Goa Challengers beats Dabang Delhi TTC

The Hindu  

Harmeet Desai held his nerve in an exciting battle against ace Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to take Goa Challengers to victory against Dabang Delhi TTC in the Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune on Saturday. After Harmeet’s remarkable win, Suthasini played the last match of the tie and clinched a victory by 2-1 …

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