Mumbai tt

Ultimate Table Tennis: Manav Thakkar’s spirited fightback went down in vain as U Mumba TT lost their second tie of the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 to debutants Jaipur Patriots 6-9.

Manav partnered with Maria Xiao to stage a sensational comeback win for the team from Mumbai in the mixed doubles round; later, he fought back from a game down to beat Snehit SFR 2-1 in the tie’s second men’s singles. Still, earlier victories for Jaipur Patriots’ international stars Cho Seung-min and Suthasini Sawettabut meant that a miracle come-from-behind win for U Mumbai TT proved just beyond their reach.

Cho, playing just his second match in the UTT, defeated African table tennis great Quadri Aruna in the tie’s first men’s singles 3-0. Suthasini followed in his footsteps by besting Spain’s Maria Xiao over three games by a two-one margin, their match decided by a Golden Point.