Ananya Muralidharan beat Divyanshi Bhowmick 11-3, 11-10, 2-11 in the girls’ match to eke out a 5-4 victory for U Mumba TT over Stanley’s Chennai Lions in the Dream UTT juniors table tennis tournament at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Prateek Tulsani had beaten Siddhanth Dhariwal in the first rubber to put U Mumba ahead. Lions bounced back by winning the mixed doubles through Siddhanth and Divyanshi.
After having played three league matches, U Mumba was on top of the table with 16 points.
Kolkata ThunderBlades lost 4-5 to Pune Jaguars, but found itself as the second-best team after three league matches (14 points).
All eight teams will play five league matches, and the top four will make the semifinals.
The results (league): U Mumba TT bt Stanley’s Chennai Lions 5-4 (Prateek Tulsani bt Siddhanth Dhariwal 11-7, 11-7, 8-11; Prateek and Ananya Muralidharan lost to Siddhanth & Divyanshi Bhowmick 10-11, 11-9, 8-11; Ananya bt Divyanshi 11-3, 11-10, 2-11).
Pune Jaguars bt Kolkata ThunderBlades 5-4 (Atharva Nawarange lost to Ritvik Gupta 11-8, 7-11, 6-11; Atharva & Tushti Sood bt Ritvik & Swara Karmakar 11-8, 11-2, 11-8; Tushti lost to Swara 9-11, 11-8, 5-11).
Published – May 31, 2025 06:38 pm IST