Ultimate Table Tennis Season: For the first time in its history, Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) is set to host a unique player auction to determine team rosters for Season 6, marking a significant milestone in the league’s evolution.
Set to take place in Mumbai on Tuesday, the auction will feature a blend of international heavyweights—such as Chinese paddler Fan Siqi, world No. 13 Bernadette Szocs, and Olympians Aruna Quadri and Alvaro Robles alongside a dynamic pool of Indian talent, including Junior World No. 6 Ankur Bhattacharjee and two-time UTT champion Harmeet Desai.
Among the 56 players in the auction pool, youngsters Diya Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade—India’s top-ranked women’s singles players—teenage sensation Syndrela Das, and former U-17 World No. 1 Payas Jain lead a group of 25 rising Indian stars under 25, who have earned their spot alongside seasoned pros like two-time champion Harmeet Desai, former winners Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee, and WTT Contender Lagos 2024 winner Sreeja Akula. All eight teams have been allotted 50 lakh virtual tokens to bid on the players, along with a one-time Right to Match (RTM) card to retain a player from the previous season by matching the final bid price.
