World No. 12 Bernadette Szocs, Lilian Bardet, and Yashaswini Ghorpade led U Mumba TT to a dominating 10-5 victory against Western rivals Ahmedabad SG Pipers in IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 6 on Monday, marking a stylish comeback. The Kolkata ThunderBlades defeated Season 3 champions Stanley's Chennai Lions 8-7 in their league debut in the previous tie.

Bardet continued his excellent play as the tie began, defeating Snehit Suravajjula 2-1 after controlling the first game and maintaining composure in a tight second. After establishing an 8-0 advantage in the decider, Yashaswini, who was making her season debut, went on to defeat Ayhika Mukherjee with a calm 2-1 victory, winning the decider 11-4.

Mumbai retained its momentum as Szocs and Akash Pal collaborated to defeat Walther and Ayhika in the mixed doubles 2-1, despite a little rally from the opposition. In the fourth match, Akash almost won the tie with an upset, winning the first game against World No. 34 Ricardo Walther before the German rebounded to tie the score. In the last battle, however, Szocs closed the door, defeating Giorgia Piccolin 3-0 to win the match. Yashaswini and Szocs won the Indian and Foreign Player of the Tie accolades, respectively, while Ayhika won the Shot of the Tie award for a stunning forehand drive in her singles match.

In the surprise of the night, 18-year-old Indian prodigy Ankur Bhattacharjee shut out Olympian and World No. 55 Kirill Gerassimenko 3-0 to lead Kolkata ThunderBlades, making their IndianOil UTT Season 6 debut, to an exciting victory against Stanley's Chennai Lions in their opening match. In the first game alone, Ankur's backhand produced nine winners. He won the second on Golden Point and finished the third with dominance, taking home the titles of Indian Player of the Tie and Shot of the Tie.

World No. 36 Fan Siqi, the league's most valuable player, made her debut for Chennai by defeating Selena Selvakumar 3-0. Even though Kolkata won a late game, she then partnered with Payas Jain to win the mixed doubles. As Aruna Quadri narrowly defeated Payas 2-1 and Adriana Diaz secured the tie with a 3-0 victory over Poymantee Baisya, Chennai's chances diminished. The Foreign Player of the Tie award went to Fan.

In the Dream UTT Juniors, which was sponsored by IndianOil UTT and Dream Sports Foundation, Sahil Rawat had earlier dominated in men's singles and mixed doubles, giving the Dempo Goa Challengers a 5-4 win over the Dabang Delhi TTC. In the meantime, Trishal Surapureddy and Shreya Dhar's singles victories helped the Jaipur Patriots defeat the PBG Pune Jaguars with a score of 5-4.

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