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Chennai: Shaz\u00e8 Challengers edged out Dabang Smashers TTC 15-12 in a thrilling tie on Day 2 of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Friday.<\/p>\nChennai: Shaz\u00e8 Challengers edged out Dabang Smashers TTC 15-12 in a thrilling tie on Day 2 of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Friday.<\/p>\n
Portuguese world No. 14 Marcos Freitas put Dabang Smashers TTC ahead with a 2-1 victory (11-3, 11-6, 10-11) over Indian Soumyajit Ghosh in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign vs Indian) clash.<\/p>\n
Left-handed Freitas jumped to a 5-2 lead in the opening game before closing it out in aggressive style. Ghosh came back strongly in the second game and he even led 4-3 before Freitas beat back the Indian\u2019s challenge to race to a 9-6 lead before sealing the game.<\/p>\n
Freitas broke away to a 5-3 lead in the third game but Ghosh clawed back to 9-9 and held his nerve to earn a point for his team, Shaz\u00e8 Challengers, by winning the third game.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s world No. 9 Han Ying brushed aside an error-prone Madhurika Patkar of Dabang Smashers TTC 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-6) to give Shaz\u00e8 Challengers a slight edge on points (4-2).<\/p>\n
Ying, a China-born German, was at her defensive best while Madhurika lapsed into a series of unforced errors in the first two games and didn\u2019t quite recover thereafter.<\/p>\n
The pairing of Petrissa Solja & Soumyajit Ghosh of Shaz\u00e8 Challengers beat Kou Lei & Madhurika Patkar of Dabang Smashers TTC 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-4) in the mixed doubles (Foreign-Indian pair) to further extend their side\u2019s grip on the tie by taking a 7-2 lead on points.<\/p>\n
Kou Lei of Dabang Smashers TTC beat Andrej Gacina of Shaz\u00e8 Challengers 2-1 (11-9, 11-9, 9-11) to bring Dabang Smashers TTC back into the contest in the fourth match, men\u2019s singles (Foreign player category).<\/p>\n
World No. 9 Han Ying won her second match of the day for Shaz\u00e8 Challengers. After dropping the opening game to North Korean world No. 19 Kim Song I, Ying won the next two in the women\u2019s singles for foreign players for a 6-11, 11-9, 11-10 in what was a nail-biting finish in the decider to extend Challengers\u2019s overall lead to 10-5.<\/p>\n
Andrej Gacina, a top-50 player, was stretched by Smashers’ Anthony Amalraj before the Croat pulled through 2-1 (10-11, 11-2, 11-9) in a tight men\u2019s singles (India v Foreign) encounter to extend Challengers\u2019s lead to 12-6.<\/p>\n
But Kim Song I, in her second match, thrashed her opponent Mouma Das 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-6) in women\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian) to help Smashers stage a late recovery, reducing Challengers’ lead to 12-9.<\/p>\n
It was then for skipper Freitas to beat China-born Qatari Li Ping 2-1 (7-11, 11-6, 11-5) in the men\u2019s singles for foreign players to bring his team right back into the contest by reducing their deficit to 11-13 going into the day\u2019s final match.<\/p>\n
However, Challengers’ Petrissa Solja won her opening game 11-5 against Ukrainian Tetyana Bilenko in the women\u2019s singles for foreigners. Bilenko won the next 11-6 but Solja won the final game 11-10 to hand Challengers a victorious 15-12 verdict.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Oilmax-Stag Yoddas will take on DHFL Maharashtra United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chennai: Shaz\u00e8 Challengers edged out Dabang Smashers TTC 15-12 in a thrilling tie on Day 2 of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Friday.<\/p>\n
Portuguese world No. 14 Marcos Freitas put Dabang Smashers TTC ahead with a 2-1 victory (11-3, 11-6, 10-11) over Indian Soumyajit Ghosh in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign vs Indian) clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[22439,6480,466,22298,22421,403,16902,22296],"class_list":["post-35165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-table-tennis-table-tennis","tag-dabang-smashers","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-marcos-freitas","tag-shaze-challengers","tag-soumyajit-ghosh","tag-tt","tag-ultimate-table-tennis"],"yoast_head":"\n