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Mumbai: Shaz\u00e9 Challengers rallied to beat RP-SG Mavericks 15-12 in the concluding league tie of the inaugural CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) at the NSCI in Mumbai on Thursday to qualify for the knockouts of the country\u2019s newest franchise sports league. <\/p>\n
Falcons TTC finished on top of the six-team League table with 78 points, followed by Shaz\u00e9 Challengers (73), Dabang Smashers TTC (69), DHFL Maharashtra United (64), Oilmax Stag Yoddhas (61) and RP-SG Mavericks (60). Falcons TTC will take on DHFL Maharashtra United in the first semifinal on Friday and Shaz\u00e9 Challengers will meet Dabang Smashers TTC in the second semifinal on Saturday. The final will be held on Sunday.<\/p>\n
In the knockouts, teams will play only up to such time that one team is winner, having secured 14 points. RP-SG Mavericks opened with a 2-1 win after Indian ace A Sharath Kamal put it past Croatian world No 46 Andrej Gacina (Shaz\u00e9 Challengers) 11-7, 1-11, 11-7 in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian). <\/p>\n
German Sabine Winter made it 4-2 for RP-SG Mavericks by winning the first two games in the women\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian) against Mouma Das but the 135-ranked Bengal lass pulled one back to score Shaz\u00e9 Challengers\u2019 second point. Next up was mixed doubles (Foreign\/Indian pair) which RP-SG Mavericks\u2019 pair of Sharath Kamal\/ Sofia Polcanova won 2-1 (11-7, 11-5, 9-11) but Li Ping and Mouma Das picked a crucial point for Shaz\u00e9 Challengers by winning the third game, even as RP-SG Mavericks led 6-3. <\/p>\n
Austrian Stefan Fegerl extended RP-SG Mavericks\u2019 lead to 8-4 with a 2-1 (2-11, 11-7, 11-8) win over Gacina in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign player category). Winter won her second outing of the day when she beat fellow German Petrissa Solja 2-1 (11-10, 4-11, 11-6) in the women\u2019s singles (Foreign player category) as RP-SG Mavericks moved to a commanding 10-5 lead. Soumyajit Ghosh then recorded Shaz\u00e9 Challengers\u2019 first win of the day when he rallied to beat Fegerl 2-1 (9-11, 11-10, 11-8) in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian) to reduce his team\u2019s margin of deficit to 7-11.<\/p>\n
China-born German world No 9 Han Ying brushed aside 17-year-old Archana Girish Kamath, ranked 217 in the world, 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-4) to help narrow down Shaz\u00e9 Challengers\u2019 deficit down to one point (10-11). China-born Qatar world No 42 Li Ping beat Portuguese world No 31 Tiago Apolonia 3-0 (11-4, 11-9, 11-10) in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign player category) as Shaz\u00e9 Challengers took the lead for the first time in the tie, at 13-11. Han Ying then won her second match of the day when she beat Austrian Sofia Polcanova in the women\u2019s singles (Foreign player category) 2-1 (11-3, 11-7, 10-11) to seal the tie for Shaz\u00e9 Challengers. <\/p>\n
RP-SG Mavericks lost to Shaz\u00e9 Challengers 12-15 <\/p>\n
MS \u2013 A Sharath Kamal beat Andrej Gacina 2-1 (11-7, 1-11, 11-7)<\/p>\n
WS \u2013 Sabine Winter beat Mouma Das 2-1 (11-8, 11-9, 8-11)MD \u2013 Sharath Kamal\/ Sofia Polcanova beat Li Ping\/ Mouma Das 2-1 (11-7, 11-5, 9-11),<\/p>\n
MS \u2013 Stefan Fegerl beat Andrej Gacina 2-1 (2-11, 11-7, 11-8)<\/p>\n
WS \u2013 Petrissa Solja lost to Sabine Winter 1-2 (10-11, 11-4, 11-6)MS \u2013 Stefan Fegerl lost to Soumyajit Ghosh 1-2 (11-9, 10-11, 8-11)<\/p>\n
WS \u2013 Archana Kamath lost to Han Ying 0-3 (5-11, 6-11, 4-11)<\/p>\n
MS \u2013 Tiago Apolonia lost to Li Ping 0-3 (4-11, 9-11, 10-11)<\/p>\n
WS \u2013 Sofia Polcanova Han Ying 1-2 (3-11, 8-11, 11-10) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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