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Ultimate Table Tennis: Defending champions Goa Challengers will look for the final push to stay in the race for the playoffs of the Ultimate Table Tennis when they lock horns with U Mumba TT in their last league encounters at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday.

For both teams stuck in the mid-table logjam with 29 points each, Monday’s face-off will serve as the final showdown to keep themselves in the hunt as the race for the playoffs heats up with at least two more teams also in the fray for the top-four. A win for either side will give them the cushion for a potential reckoning in the play-offs pecking order.

U Mumba TT are slightly ahead at No.4 in the leaderboard, given that they have won 11 matches in contrast to No.5 ranked Athlead Goa Challengers, after winning 8 matches. Both sides boast of a star-studded line-up that spices up the contest even more.