Defending champions Chennai Lions will take on Puneri Paltan Table Tennis in the second semi-final of the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 on Saturday at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune.
The Delhi franchise made their way to the last four with 42 points, whereas 41 points were enough for Chennai Lions to reach the semi-finals of the league.
Veteran Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal produced a scintillating performance to overcome the country's top-ranked men's singles player Harmeet Desai to take Chennai Lions to victory against Goa Challengers in the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Comp
Chennai Lions defeated Puneri Paltan Table Tennis by 10-5 team points in their first tie where ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal continuously produced swashbuckling shots to blank his opponent and give his franchise a positive start in the league.
India's ace table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal believes that Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) tournament will help players get quality match practice ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games in September
In the inaugural seasons of UTT, then rising stars like Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Thakkar, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra come to the fore. The league features some of the top table tennis players from around the world, and India has its fair share of talented players representing in
Defending champions Chennai Lions take on Puneri Paltan Table Tennis at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune on July 13 in the opening match of season 4. The semi-finals are scheduled on July 28 and 29 while the grand finale will be held on July 30.
The Ultimate Table Tennis draft will feature a total of 40 players of which 36 will be available for selection after the retentions of Sharath Kamal (Chennai Lions), Sathiyan (Dabang Delhi TTC), Manika (Bengaluru Smashers) and Manav (U Mumba TT) was utilised by four of the six franchisees.
The upcoming season of will feature six teams: Bengaluru Smashers, Chennai Lions, Dabang Delhi TTC, Goa Challengers, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis and U Mumba TT.
There are 11 players in the Indian table tennis team. At the World Table Tennis Championships, India has only won two medals. At the first 1926 event, the men's team and SRG Suppiah in the men's singles both won bronze.