{"id":6467,"date":"2017-07-29T05:34:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T05:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2017-07-29T05:34:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T05:34:59","slug":"permalink-httpfaceinews-comp6463","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=6467","title":{"rendered":"Wu Yang and Liam Pitchford fire as Falcons TTC storm into final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mrs.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mumbai, July 28, 2017<\/strong>:\u00a0Wu Yang and Liam Pitchford won both their matches to help Falcons TTC beat DHFL Maharashtra United 14-5 in the first semifinal of the inaugural CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), the country\u2019s newest franchise sports league, at the NSCI in Mumbai on Friday.<\/p>\n

\"Wu<\/a><\/p>\n

Wu Yang of Falcons TTC in action during the Semi Final match of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis league played between Falcons TTC and DHFL Maharashtra United held at the NSCI, Mumbai ,India on July 28, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The team that secures 14 points first is declared winner in the knockouts. Falcons had won the League meeting between the two teams by 17-10. Shaz\u00e9 Challengers will meet Dabang Smashers TTC in the second semifinal\u00a0on Saturday<\/span>, with the final to be played\u00a0on Sunday<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/a><\/p>\n

Liam Pitchford of Falcons TTC in action during the Semi Final match of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis league played between Falcons TTC and DHFL Maharashtra United held at the NSCI, Mumbai ,India on July 28, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hong Kong world No 8 Wong Chun Ting put DHFL Maharashtra United ahead with a 2-1 win over southpaw Sanil Shetty, ranked 201 in the world, in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian), the opening match of the tie.<\/p>\n

However, Chinese world No 13 Wu Yang brushed aside 279-ranked Pooja Sahasrabudhe Koparkar (DHFL Maharashtra United) 3-0 in the women\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian) for Falcons TTC to move 4-2 ahead on points.<\/p>\n

Up next was mixed doubles (Foreign\/Indian pair) and DHFL Maharashtra United\u2019s pair of Harmeet Desai \u00a0and the experienced Fu Yu edged out Sanil Shetty and his partner \u00a0Lee Ho Ching 2-1 to reduce their margin of deficit to 4-5.<\/p>\n

Briton Liam Pitchford pulled off an upset win over Wong Chun Ting 2-1 in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign player category) to extend Falcons TTC\u2019s lead to 7-5.<\/p>\n

Chinese ace Wu Yang won her second outing of the day as she put it past China-born Austrian world No 22 Liu Jia (DHFL Maharashtra United) 3-0 in the women\u2019s singles (Foreign player category) to take Falcons TTC a step closer to victory, at 10-5.<\/p>\n

Liam Pitchford then won his second match of the day, beating Harmeet Desai\u00a03-0 in the men\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian) to move Falcons TTC to 13-5, one point way from victory.<\/p>\n

Sutirtha Mukherjee won the opening game against Liu Jia in the women\u2019s singles (Foreign v Indian) 11-10 to seal the tie for Falcons TTC.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the evening,\u00a0Mrs Nita Mukesh Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation and India\u2019s only woman member in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) graced the occasion of India’s first ever professional TT league, CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis, which saw players from DHFL Maharashtra United and Falcons TTC slug it out for a final berth here at the NSCI.<\/p>\n

Apart from watching the matches in the 1st Semi-Final, Mrs. Ambani also encouraged some of the Indian paddlers with inspiring words. She met with India’s Olympian Sharath Kamal, four-time Paralympic Gold Medalist Natalia Partyka, Olympian Kim Song I and India’s young sensation Archana Kamath.<\/p>\n

Falcons TTC lead\u00a0DHFL Maharashtra United 7-5<\/strong><\/p>\n

MS \u2013\u00a0Sanil Shetty lost to\u00a0Wong Chun Ting 1-2 (8-11, 11-5, 3-11)<\/p>\n

WS \u2013 Wu Yang beat Pooja Sahasrabudhe Koparkar 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-2)<\/p>\n

MD \u2013 Sanil Shetty\/ Lee Ho Ching lost to Harmeet Desai\/ Fu Yu 1-2 (6-11, 11-5,\u00a05-11),<\/p>\n

MS \u2013 Liam Pitchford beat Wong Chun Ting 2-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-4)<\/p>\n

WS\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wu Yang beat bt Liu Jia 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-6)<\/p>\n

MS –\u00a0Liam Pitchford beat Harmeet Desai 3-0 (11-6, 11-10, 11-7)<\/p>\n

WS – Sutirtha Mukherjee beat Liu Jia 1-0 (11-10)<\/p>\n

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