Falcons TTC emerged champions of the inaugural CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) after beating ShazA Challengers 14-9 in the final at the NSCI in Mumbai on Sunday.

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Team Falcons TTC celebrate with the trophy after winning the Final Match of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis

Li Ping put ShazA Challengers ahead with a 2-1 win over Sanil Shetty in the menas singles, the opening match of the tie. However, in-form Wu Yang swept aside Mouma Das (ShazA Challengers) 3-0 in the womenas singles to hand the lead to Falcons TTC 4-2.

Next up was mixed doubles (Foreign/Indian) and Falcons TTCas pair of Sanil Shetty and Lee Ho Ching brushed aside Soumyajit Ghosh and Petrissa Solja 3-0 to extend their teamas lead to 7-2. Croatian Andrej Gacina of ShazA Challengers beat Briton ALiam Pitchford 2-1 in the menas singles (Foreign player category).A Falcons TTC led 8-4 at this stage.

Wu Yang then recorded her second 3-0 win of the day to take Falcons TTC closer to victory at 11-4, as she beat China-born German world No 9 Han Ying 3-0 in the womenas singles (Foreign player category). Liam Pitchford rallied to beatASoumyajit Ghosh (ShazA Challengers) 2-1 in menas singlesAto place Falcons TTC at the doorstep of victory at 13-5.

However, Han Ying put it across Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-0 to lift ShazA Challengers to 8-13; before Par Gerell rallied to seal the title at 14-9 for Falcons after losing the opening game to Li Ping.

While the Mumbai audience turned up in huge numbers to cheer their favourite table tennis stars; the evening also saw an assemblage of the country’s big wigs. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan accompanied by his actor-son Abhishek Bachchan, Piyush Goel (minister of state with Govt of India), Satish Mathur (Director General, Maharashtra Police), Harsh Goenka (Chairman,ARPG Enterprises), former India cricketer Farokh Engineer, actor Rahul Bose, Indian hockey player Yuvraj Walmiki who added to the fervour of the final day’s proceedings.

CEAT UTT Awards:

MVP Male – Liam Pitchford – Rs. 1 Lakh

MVP Female – Wu Yang – Rs. 1 Lakh

Ultimate One – Wu Yang (456 Points) – Rs. 1.5 Lakhs

Final Scores

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Team Falcons TTC winners of first edition of UTT

Shaze Challengers 9-14 Falcons TTC

MS – Li Ping beat Sanil Shetty 2-1 (11-9, 11-10, 7-11)

WS – Mouma Das lost to Wu Yang 3-0 (6-11, 2-11, 3-11)

MD – Soumyajit Ghosh/ Petrissa Solja lost to Sanil Shetty/ Lee Ho Ching 0-3 (9-11, 3-11, 8-11)

MS – Andrej Gacina beat Liam Pitchford 2-1 (11-3, 10-11, 11-7)

WS – Han Ying lost to Wu Yang 0-3 (10-11, 4-11, 8-11)

MS – Soumyajit Ghosh lost to Liam Pitchford 1-2 (11-5, 10-11, 7-11)

WS – Han Ying beat Sutirtha Mukherjee 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-7)

MS – Li Ping – Par Gerell 1-1 (11-8, 9-11)

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