Ultimate Table Tennis: Sharath Kamal takes Chennai Lions to the top of the table

Chennai Lions defeat Goa Challengers 11-4 in Ultimate Table Tennis, securing a spot in the knockouts. Sharath Kamal and Yangzi Liu's clean sheet and Sharath's sensational performance prove too much for Challengers. Bengaluru Smashers vs Puneri Paltan TT next.

A. Sharath Kamal, the old warhorse, was in his element as Chennai Lions displaced Goa Challengers from the top position in style with a lopsided win in the Ultimate Table Tennis season four match.

Riding on Sharath’s clean sheet and his Australian teammate Yangzi Liu’s support act, the lions raced to a dominant 11-4 win, the largest victory margin of the season, in the battle of table-toppers at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.

The victory also meant the Lions had one put in the knockouts, having opened up a healthy lead in the first of the three ties of the penultimate round of the league stage.

Had it not been for Sharath being at his sensational best, the Chennai outfit would have been stretched by the Challengers.

Sharath and Yangzi wiped out Harmeet Desai and Suthasini Sawettabut 3-0 to open up a handy lead. Sharath then stormed past his India junior Harmeet to display his class.

Harmeet did his best by targeting Sharath’s forehand with his down the line blocks but Sharath proved to be too quick for his opponent. Yangzi then overcame a spirited T. Reeth Rishya 2-1, with the Chennai outfit pocketing eight points in succession.

The result: Chennai Lions bt Goa Challengers 11-4 (Benedikt Duda bt Alvaro Robles 11-5, 8-11, 11-7; Sutirtha Mukherjee lost to Suthasini Sawettabut 11-8, 10-11, 6-11; A. Sharath Kamal & Yangzi Liu bt Harmeet Desai & Suthasini 11-6, 11-6, 11-10; Sharath bt Harmeet 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; Yangzi bt T. Reeth Rishya 11-4, 11-10, 8-11).