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UTT 2023 Final: Goa Challengers crowned champions after thrilling win - Highlights
Ultimate Table Tennis Final: Goa Challengers beat favourites Chennai Lions over a marathon 15-game tie to win the 2023 UTT title.
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Yangzi Liu in action for Chennai Lions (UTT)
UTT 2023 Final: Achanta Sharath Kamal's Chennai Lions lost to Harmeet Desai's Goa Challengers in the final of the 2023 Ultimate Table Tennis in Pune on Sunday.
Harmeet Desai beat Benedikt Duda to give Goa an early 2-1 lead. Yangzi Liu brought scores level at 3-3. Sharath Kamal lost his match heavily to hand back the lead to Goa. Sutirtha Mukherjee gave Chennai a chance to pull off an unbelievable comeback by winning her first two games, but it was Reeth Rishya who won the final game to give the match and title to Goa.
Results: Men's Singles: Harmeet Desai 2-1 Benedikt Duda | Women's Singles: Suthasini Sawettabut 1-2 Yangzi Liu | Mixed Doubles: Harmeet/Suthasini 1-2 Sharath/Yangzi | Men's Singles: Alvaro Robles 3-0 Sharath Kamal | Women's Singles: Reeth Rishya 1-2 Sutirtha Mukherjee
As it happened:
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- 30 July 2023 1:53 PM GMT
Road to UTT final
Chennai Lions defeated Puneri Paltan Table Tennis 8-3 in the second semi-final, while Goa Challengers registered a thrilling 8-7 win in their last tie to reach the final.
