Ultimate Table Tennis 2023: How to watch, teams participating, Schedule, Squads and more

The Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) 2023, which is a top-tier professional table tennis contest, is set to kick off on July 13 and continue until July 30, 2023. The fourth edition will witness participation from six franchise teams and is slated to take place at Pune’s Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. The administration of the tournament will be overseen by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), and the event is in collaboration with Aatral, a metaverse solution firm.

The defending champions, Chennai Lions, emerged victorious against the 2018 winners, Dabang Delhi TTC, in a 3-0 win during the previous edition’s final of the Ultimate Table Tennis. They will now be eyeing for a back-to-back title win. Out of all the participating teams, only Dabang Delhi TTC (2018) and Chennai Lions (2019) have tasted victory in the past. The inaugural match on July 13 will see the defending champions, Chennai Lions, taking on Puneri Paltan TTC.

What is the schedule for the Ultimate Table Tennis 2023?

Round Robin format

• July 13 – Puneri Paltan TTC vs Chennai Lions
• July 14 – U Mumba TT vs Bengaluru Smashes
• July 15 – Dabang Delhi TTC vs Goa Challengers
• July 16 – Chennai Lions vs U Mumba TT
• July 17 – Puneri Paltan TTC vs Goa Challengers
• July 18 – Dabang Delhi TTC vs Bengaluru Smashes
• July 19 – U Mumba TT vs Goa Challengers
• July 20 – Chennai Lions vs Bengaluru Smashes
• July 21 – Dabang Delhi TTC vs Puneri Paltan TTC
• July 22 – Chennai Lions vs Goa Challengers
• July 23 – Puneri Paltan TTC vs Bengaluru Smashes
• July 24 – Dabang Delhi TTC vs U Mumba TT
• July 25 – Bengaluru Smashes vs Goa Challengers
• July 26 – Dabang Delhi TTC vs Chennai Lions
• July 27 – U Mumba TT vs Puneri Paltan TTC

Playoffs

• July 28 – Semi-final 1
• July 29 – Semi-final 2
• July 30 – Final

Which are the teams participating at the Ultimate Table Tennis 2023 and their squads?

(In Alphabetical Order)

Bengaluru Smashers – Manika Batra, Kirill Gerassimenko, Sanil Shetty, Natalia Bajor, Poymantee Baisya, Jeet Chandra. The coaches are Sachin Shetty and Vesna Ojstersek.

Chennai Lions – Achanta Sharath Kamal, Yangzi Liu, Benedikt Duda, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Payas Jain and Prapti Sen. The Coaches are Somnath Ghosh and Jorg Bitzigelo.

Dabang Delhi TTC – Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sreeja Akula, Barbora Balazova, Ayhika Mukherjee,Anirban Ghosh and Jon Persson. The coaches are Slobodan Grujic and A.Murlidhara Rao

Goa Challengers – Suthasini Sawettabut, Harmeet Desai, Alvaro Robles, T Reeth Rishya, Krittwika Sinha Roy and Anthony Amalraj. The Coaches are Elena Timina and Parag Agrawal.

Puneri Paltan TT – Omar Assar, Manush Shah, Archana Kamath, Snehit SFR, Anusha Kutumbale and Hana Matelava. The coaches are N.Ravichandran and Zoltan Batorfi.

U Mumbai TT – Manav Thakkar, Lily Zhang, Aruna Quadri, Diya Chitale, Mouma Das and Sudhanshu Grover. The coaches are Anshul Garg and Francisco Santos.

How to watch the event?

The Ultimate Table Tennis League 2023 is set to be televised on the Sports 18 channel. Spectators who want to enjoy live streaming of the matches can tune to Jio Cinema. Additionally, the tournament’s live broadcast may also be featured on Voot, given its association with the Jio Network.

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