Table Tennis
Ultimate Table Tennis: Chennai Lions defeat Puneri Paltan 10-5- Highlights
Defending champions Chennai Lions started their title defence with a win against Puneri Paltan TT.
Led by mercurial Achanta Sharath Kamal, defending champions Chennai Lions defeated Puneri Paltan TT 10-5 in the opening game of Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4.
Match results:
Sharath Kamal 11-10, 9-11, 11-6 Omar Assar
Yangzi Liu 11-5, 11-10, 10-11 Archana Kamath
Sharath Kamal/Yangzi Liu 11-5, 11-8, 11-2 Omar Assar/Archana Kamath
Benedikt Duda 11-9, 11-7, 7-11 Manush Shah
Sutirtha Mukherjee 6-11, 11-5, 2-11 Hana Matelova
Team points: Chennai Lions 10-5 Puneri Paltan Table Tennis
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 13 July 2023 2:17 PM GMT
Omar is leading in the second game!
A slight lead of 6-4 for Omar Assar and the Indian paddler needs to make a comeback here.
- 13 July 2023 2:11 PM GMT
That is it! Sharath Kamal wins the golden point!
Sharath Kamal wins the first game 11-10 after it was tied at 10-10. First team point for Chennai Lions.
- 13 July 2023 2:07 PM GMT
The home fans go bonkers as Egyptian Omar Assar makes a comeback.
Omar makes it 5-5 following two good smashes and the home crowd found it's voice.
- 13 July 2023 2:05 PM GMT
Sharath Kamal leads in early exchanges.
It is a 5-2 lead for the Indian veteran as he has dominated against his Egyptian opponent till now.
- 13 July 2023 1:50 PM GMT
Chennai Lions go against Puneri Paltan TT in the opening game.
Defending champions Chennai Lions will play against Puneri Paltan TT in the first game.
Led by Achanta Sharath Kamal, Chennai will look to start their title defence with a win.
