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Chennai: Marcos Freitas won two matches and local lad G Sathiyan recorded an impressive win to help Dabang Smashers T.T.C. edge out Falcons TTC 14-13 in an exciting tie on Day 4 of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), the country\u2019s newest franchise sports league, at a packed Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Portugal’s world No. 14 Marcos Freitas first swept aside Sanil Shetty of Falcons TTC 3-0 to hand Dabang Smashers T.T.C. three full points in the men\u2019s singles (foreign vs Indian), the opening match.<\/p>\n
Freitas broke away at 5-5 to take the opening game 11-5 against the Indian. The Portuguese jumped to a 4-1 lead early in the second game before wrapping it up at 11-2 and signed off with a 11-3 win in the third game.<\/p>\n
Chinese world No. 13 Wu Yang levelled points (3-3) for Falcons TTC with a 3-0 win over Dabang Smashers T.T.C,\u2019s Mousumi Paul. Yang beat back a late surge by the Indian to win the opening game at 11-9. The Chinese ace cruised to a 11-4 win in the second game and sealed the third game at 11-7.<\/p>\n
Falcons TTC\u2019s mixed doubles (Indian\/foreign) pair of Sanil Shetty\/ Lee Ho Ching routed G Sathiyan\/ Tetyana Bilenko of Dabang Smashers T.T.C. 3-0 to hand their side a 6-3 lead.<\/p>\n
The Falcons TTC\u2019s pair staged a remarkable rally late to clinch the opening set 11-8 and then went on cruise mode to take the next two at an identical 11-6.<\/p>\n
However, in-form Freitas led from the front and thumped Swedish world No. 41 Par Gerell of Falcons TTC 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-8) in the men\u2019s singles (foreign player category) to help Dabang Smashers T.T.C. level at 6-all.<\/p>\n
Lee Ho Ching rallied to beat Ukrainian Tetyana Bilenko of Dabang Smashers T.T.C. 2-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-5) in the women\u2019s singles (foreign player category) to put Falcons TTC ahead 8-7 on points.<\/p>\n
Local lad Sathiyan pulled off a surprise 2-1 victory over higher-ranked Gerell (Falcons TTC) in the men\u2019s singles (Indian v Foreign) to help Dabang Smashers T.T.C. draw level on points at 9-all.<\/p>\n
Sathiyan jumped to an 8-0 lead in the opening game that he won 11-7. Gerell won the next at 11-6 and then the Chennai boy took the third at 11-6 much to the joy of a packed Sunday crowd.<\/p>\n
North Korean world No 19 Kim Song I brushed aside Sutirtha Mukherjee (Falcons TTC) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-3) in the women\u2019s singles (foreign v Indian) to help Dabang Smashers T.T.C. edge ahead 12-9.<\/p>\n
As Briton Liam Pitchford was indisposed (dehydration), young Arjun Ghosh came out to represent Falcons TTC against world No. 28 Kou Lei of Dabang Smashers T.T.C. in the men\u2019s singles.<\/p>\n
Ghosh stunned his opponent in the opening game 11-4, before Lei took control by winning the next two at 11-10 and 11-3 to help Dabang Smashers T.T.C. seal the deal and extend their lead to 14-10 going into the day\u2019s last game.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s singles (foreign player category), Falcons TTC\u2019s Wu Yang beat Kim Song I (Dabang Smashers T.T.C.) 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-10) to reduce Falcons TTC\u2019s deficit to just one point (13-14).<\/p>\n
On Monday, Oilmax Stag Yoddhas will play Shaz\u00e9 Challengers in what is a second outing for both.<\/p>\n
Final Scoreline: Dabang Smashers T.T.C. 14-13 Falcons TTC<\/p>\n
MS \u2013 Marcos Freitas beat Sanil Shetty 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-3)
WS \u2013 Mousumi Paul lost to Wu Yang 0-3 (9-11, 4-11, 7-11)
MD \u2013 Sathiyan G\/ Tetyana Bilenko lost to Sanil Shetty\\ Lee Ho Ching 0-3 (8-11, 6-11, 6-11)
MS \u2013 Marcos Freitas beat Par Gerell 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-8)
WS \u2013 Tetyana Bilenko lost to Lee Ho Ching 1-2 (11-8, 9-11, 5-11)
MS \u2013 Sathiyan G beat Par Gerell 2-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-6)
WS \u2013 Kim Song I beat Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-3)
MS \u2013 Kou Lei beat Arjun Ghosh 2-1 (4-11, 11-10, 11-4)
WS \u2013 Kim Song I lost to Wu Yang 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 10-11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Portugal’s world No. 14 Marcos Freitas first swept aside Sanil Shetty of Falcons TTC 3-0 to hand Dabang Smashers T.T.C. three full points in the men\u2019s singles (foreign vs Indian), the opening match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[22383,22400,7312,6480,466,22298,260,22296],"class_list":["post-35182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-table-tennis-table-tennis","tag-dabang-smashers-t-t-c","tag-falcons-ttc","tag-g-sathiyan","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-marcos-freitas","tag-table-tennis","tag-ultimate-table-tennis"],"yoast_head":"\n