• The league featured top Table Tennis veterans from Maharashtra
• 55 players from the Prime Masters League will also be competing in the Veteran Nationals this year which will be held in Hyderabad
Team Sensattions reigned champions of the Prime Masters League Series 1, the first veterans Table Tennis League of the country. Prime Masters League a subsidiary of the esteemed Prime Table Tennis league was held in Xperia Mall Mumbai yesterday. In the first season of Prime Masters League Team Sensattions dominated each round and were crowned champions, they were followed by Spinxttreme in 2nd place, Lion Warriors in 3rd place and King Pong at the 4th place. The chief guest for the event was Shri Yatin Tipnis (General Secretary MSTTA, Secretary Thane District Table Tennis Association, Shri Nitin Deshmukh Vice President TDTTA and MR. SANJAY KADU secretary RDTTA, & Treasurer MSTTA
Supported by Maharashtra State Veterans Table Tennis Committee, the League featured Table Tennis veterans who are 39 years and above, being the first year the league will focus only on veterans players from Maharashtra. Eight teams competed in a team-format league, bringing together a total of 64 experienced players. Notably, 55 out of the 64 players in the Prime Masters League will also be competing in the Nationals this year, making it a significant pre-national practice engagement.
The finals started with Dr Reena Bhagat defeating Ujwala Sutar 11-3 and 11-6 to give team Sensattions the lead. In the second tie, Satish Shrisath a 74-year veteran from Team Sensattions defeated Ulhas Rangari with a score of 5-11, 11-8 and 11-9, in the third tie team Spinxttreme pulled it back as Harshal Pawar defeated Jitu Mavani with a score of 9-11,11-8 and 11-5. In the fourth tie Spinxttreme tied the overall score to 2-2 as Ashok Kudwa and Ulhas Rangari defeated Ravi Bharadwaj and Satish Shrisath, in the fifth tie team Sensattions again took the lead as Vishal Yadav and Dr Reena Bhagat defeated Santosh Jain and Ujwala Sutar.
In the sixth tie team Spinxttreme pulled one back with Augustine D’Mello defeating Nilesh Prabhu with the score of 14-12 and 11-9. Dr Anagha Joshi of team Sensattions extended their lead with a win over Sanjay Jain, Suhas Sandekar secured the lead further defeating Ravindra Borkar with a score of 11-4, 5-11 and 11-8. Ravi Bharadwaj defeated Ashok Kudwa, Jitu Mavani and Nilesh Prabhu lost to Harshal Pawar and Augustine D’Mello. The final tie went in favour of Dr Anagha Joshi and Suhas Dandekar as they defeated Sanjay Jain and Raivindra Borkar sealing Team Sensattions victory over Team Spinxttreme 8-4.
Talking about the same Abhishek Jain CEO of Prime Table Tennis said, “A huge congratulations to team Sensattions for winning the league, also huge applause for the other teams and participants who participated in this league. The atmosphere and intensity was like something other, it was like these guys rolled back the years and showcased sensational table tennis. I would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Xperia Mall, Dombivali East and people who turned up at the venue to make it electrifying and memorable.”
Dr. Angha Joshi of team Sensattions said, “I would like to thank TTC PALAVA and PTT Committee for organizing such a wonderful league. It is a very unique tournament and something that has a huge potential to grow.It was first for a lot of us playing at the Xperia Mall and also playing in front of such a crowd. Huge shoutout to all the people who turned up and cheered for everyone of use, you guys really made it memorable.”
