Divyansh srivastava

Ultimate Table Tennis Season: Indian campaigner Jeet Chandra led from the front as Jaipur Patriots beat Ahmedabad SG Pipers in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) on Saturday. Jeet pulled off a stunning 2-1 upset win over World No. 34 and World Championships silver medalist Ricardo Walther, powering Jaipur to an 11-4 victory that sent them to the top of the table.

The tie opened with Jaipur Patriots’ Kanak Jha surviving a spirited debut from Divyansh Srivastava, edging the opener on Golden Point before closing out the next two games 11-8, 11-6.

Britt Eerland then doubled the lead with a composed 3-0 win over Giorgia Piccolin, sealing the third game with another Golden Point. Ahmedabad clawed two games back through Walther and Ayhika Mukherjee, who took the mixed doubles 2-1 over Jeet and Eerland.