Vadodara, Aug. 10 -- The UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the SAMA Indoor Stadium witnessed major upsets as No. 2 seed Ankur Bhattacharjee (West Bengal) and No. 3 seed G. Sathiyan (PSPB) crashed out today.
No. 7 seed SFR Snehit (IA&AD) overcame Ankur 3-1, while Ronit Bhanja (No. 11) outlasted Sathiyan by the same margin. Top seed and reigning national champion Manush Shah, however, stayed on course with a composed 3-1 victory over No. 8 Akash Pal (Railways).
Snehit combined smart game control with timely bursts of aggression, mixing his service variations effectively to keep Ankur on the backfoot despite some engaging long rallies. Ronit, meanwhile, capitalised on Sathiyan's inconsistency, patiently constructing points a...