Manush leads U Mumba into UTT final
U Mumba TT secured a spot in the Ultimate Table Tennis Season-7 final after an 8-3 victory over HVR Kolkata Thunder Blades. Manush Shah led the team with a commanding performance in both mixed doubles and singles matches.
Why it matters
This result determines the lineup for the championship final of a major national sports league.
U Mumba TT stayed on course for a successful title defence with a clinical 8-3 victory over a spirited HVR Kolkata Thunder Blades on Saturday, setting up a mouth-watering Ultimate Table Tennis Season-7 final against Dempo Goa Challengers at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium.
It was a complete team performance, orchestrated by the elegant Manush Shah, whose commanding display swung the semifinal decisively in U Mumba’s favour.
After the opening two singles matches, the teams were locked at 3-3 in the race to eight games. From there on, however, U Mumba steadily tightened its grip.
The bespectacled Manush, ranked World No. 40, first teamed up with Anna Hursey to blank the Kolkata pairing of Ankur Bhattacharjee and Ayhika Mukherjee in the mixed doubles. Their crisp strokemaking and sharp anticipation left the Thunder Blades with little room to dictate rallies, handing U Mumba a crucial advantage.
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