Manika Batra and Natalia Bajor helped Bengaluru Smashers beat Puneri Paltan 8-7 of their Final Desk Tennis Season 4 conflict on the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports activities Advanced right here on Sunday.
Puneri Paltan wanted solely a sport to win when world No. 42 Bajor entered the final match — ladies’s singles — of the tie and defeated Archana Kamath 3-0 (8-11, 8-11, Sept. 11) to maintain Bengaluru Smashers alive within the league.
The primary sport noticed an exciting 11-8 win for Bajor, who performed correct backhands coupled with highly effective forehands to take the second sport by the identical scoreline. The Polish paddler saved her nerve within the decider and received it 11-9 along with her pinpoint photographs.
Earlier, Batra thumped Hana Matelova 2-1 within the second match of the tie to register her third ladies’s singles victory within the ongoing season.
The world No. 35 confirmed management on her backends early on to win the primary sport 11-9 earlier than Matelova fought again to clinch the second 11-8. Nevertheless, Batra pocketed the third sport 11-6 in addition to the match.
Bengaluru Smashers’ captain Kirill Gerassimenko beat Puneri Paltan’s star participant Omar Assar 2-1 to provide his aspect a successful begin.
Gerassimenko received the competition 11-8, 10-11, 10-11.
The Twenty third-ranked Assar started the primary sport in aggressive mode and focused the flanks to win it 11-8, earlier than Kirill made a comeback to clinch the second sport by a golden level.
The third sport additionally went to the golden level, which went within the favour of Gerassimenko.
Within the third match, a combined doubles tie, Matelova and Manush Shah beat Batra and Gerassimenko 3-0, successful 11-9, 11-10, 11-4.
Manush then defeated Jeet Chandra 2-1 within the penultimate match, successful 11-9, 11-9, 7-11.