{"id":39622,"date":"2023-07-14T03:30:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=39622"},"modified":"2023-07-14T03:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:30:42","slug":"utt-season-4-achanta-sharath-kamal-kicks-off-with-bang-chennai-lions-beat-puneri-paltan-table-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=39622","title":{"rendered":"UTT Season 4: Achanta Sharath Kamal kicks off with bang, Chennai Lions beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33063\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Achanta-Sharath-Kamal-TT.jpg\" alt=\"Achanta Sharath Kamal TT\" width=\"520\" height=\"334\" style=\"margin: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Achanta-Sharath-Kamal-TT.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Achanta-Sharath-Kamal-TT-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Achanta-Sharath-Kamal-TT-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Pune:&nbsp;<\/strong>The IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 began with some exhilarating action as defending champions Chennai Lions began their title defence with a commanding victory against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis here at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chennai Lions played brilliantly from the start of the tie and defeated Puneri Paltan Table Tennis by 10-5 team points to make a positive start in the tournament.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the first match of the tie (Men&#8217;s Singles), Chennai Lions&#8217; ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal beat Omar Assar by 2-1 to gain two valuable team points for his franchise. The Indian paddler started the tie on a positive note as he defeated Omar 11-10, 9-11, 11-6 in Game 1 with his aggressive play and precise shots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chennai Lions&#8217; Yangzi Liu was up against Archana Kamath in the second match (Women&#8217;s Singles) and won it by 2-1 to put her franchise ahead by 4-2 in the tie. The Australian paddler won the first two games by 11-5, 11-10 before losing the third game by 10-11 against Archana.<\/p>\n<p>In the third match of the tie, Sharath\/Yangzi faced Omar\/Archana (Mixed Doubles) and registered a 3-0 victory as Chennai Lions took a 7-2 lead in the tie. The winning pair dominated the match from the start and won the three games by 11-5, 11-8, and 11-2, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Puneri Paltan Table Tennis&#8217; Manush Shah put up a good fight against Chennai Lions&#8217; Benedikt Duda. However, it wasn&#8217;t enough to bring his franchise back in the tie as Benedikt won the match by 2-1 (11-9, 11-7, 7-11) and clinched the first tie of the IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4, powered by DafaNews, by 9-3 for the defending champions.<\/p>\n<p>In the last match of the tie, Sutirtha Mukherjee went up against Hana Matelova. Hana was the only paddler from Puneri Paltan Table Tennis to win a match as she defeated Sutirtha by 2-1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-2) in a dominating fashion.<\/p>\n<p>All the ties will start at 7.30 PM with broadcast on Sports 18 and streamed on JioCinema. The tickets will be available on BookMyShow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune:&nbsp;The IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 began with some exhilarating action as defending champions Chennai Lions began their title defence with a commanding victory against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis here at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune on Thursday.&nbsp; Chennai Lions played brilliantly from the start of the tie and defeated Puneri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-table-tennis-table-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UTT Season 4: Achanta Sharath Kamal kicks off with bang, Chennai Lions beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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