UTT Season 6: U Mumba notch first win vs Ahmedabad SG Pipers; Ankur Bhattacharjee leads Kolkata ThunderBlades

The tie opened with Bardet persevering with his robust type, edging Snehit Suravajjula 2-1 after dominating the primary recreation and holding agency in a tense second. Yashaswini, making her first look of the season, then delivered a composed 2-1 win over Ayhika Mukherjee, storming by the decider 11-4 after constructing an 8-0 lead.

The momentum stayed with Mumbai as Szocs and Akash Pal teamed as much as win the combined doubles 2-1, holding off a quick comeback from Walther and Ayhika. Akash almost sealed the tie with an upset within the fourth match, taking the primary recreation in opposition to World No. 34 Ricardo Walther earlier than the German rallied to stage the rating. But Szocs shut the door within the closing conflict, sweeping Giorgia Piccolin 3-0 to clinch the tie. Yashaswini and Szocs claimed the Indian and the Foreign Player of the Tie awards, respectively, whereas Ayhika took house the Shot of the Tie honour for a smashing forehand drive in her singles contest.

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Ankur Bhattacharjee produced the upset of the evening, blanking Olympian and World No. 55 Kirill Gerassimenko 3-0 to energy debutants Kolkata ThunderBlades to an exciting win over Stanley’s Chennai Lions of their IndianOil UTT Season 6 opener. Ankur’s backhand was in full circulate, delivering 9 winners in Game 1 alone. He edged the second on Golden Point and sealed the third with authority, incomes each Indian Player of the Tie and Shot of the Tie honours.

Chennai hit again by World No. 36 Fan Siqi, the league’s highest-valued participant, who marked her debut with a 3-0 win over Selena Selvakumar. She then teamed up with Payas Jain to take the combined doubles, although Kolkata snatched a recreation late. Chennai’s hopes light as Aruna Quadri edged Payas 2-1, and Adriana Diaz sealed the tie with a 3-0 win over Poymantee Baisya. Fan was named Foreign Player of the Tie.

Earlier, on the Dream UTT Juniors—by IndianOil UTT and Dream Sports Foundation—Sahil Rawat excelled in males’s singles and combined doubles, main Dempo Goa Challengers to a 5-4 victory over Dabang Delhi TTC. Meanwhile, Trishal Surapureddy and Shreya Dhar’s singles wins secured a 5-4 victory for Jaipur Patriots in opposition to PBG Pune Jaguars.

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