Two home favourites, Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, will lead their respective teams, Chennai Lions and Dabang Delhi TTC, in an enticing Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) 2024 clash at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.
Sharath defeated England's Liam Pitchford 11-13, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 to win his second men's singles gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, 16 years after he won in the event in Melbourne 2006 edition.
While Tokyo 2020 will be Kamal's fourth appearance at the quadrennial event, it will be a first Olympics for Sathiyan, Manika and Suthirtha.
Indian paddler G. Sathiyan broke into the top-100 while six other male and three female players hit the jackpot in Table Tennis world rankings, released on Tuesday.
