Ushering In A New Era

Ultimate Table Tennis’ mission to be a ‘world class league that inspires the youth, entertains and ENGAGES FANS, drives development at grassroots level and delivers value to all the stakeholders’ is certainly achievable.

- 

Ultimate Table Tennis, India’s first professional table tennis league, is set to go on stage from July 13 to 30, and one hopes it to be a stepping stone to revolutionising the sport in India.

The league, promoted by Eleven Sports Private Limited, is expected to create a manifold impact on not only the Indian table tennis players but also the popularity of the sport in a cricket crazy country, which has recently opened its arms to other sports.

Adopting a six franchise based ownership model, the league will feature 24 foreign and a similar number of Indian players who were drafted on June 9. Each team will consist of four Indian and four foreign players, and an equal number of men and women players.

PLAYED IN A SPAN of three weeks, this unique model is committed to create conditions for the Indian paddlers to rub shoulders with the best of players in the world. All 24 foreign players are ranked in the top 60 in the world, and for Indians, sharing the same stage as these players for three weeks will be a great learning experience. They will get an opportunity to live, train and compete alongside these eminent players, thus learning the finer details of the game like strategies, tactics, match preparations and other best practices to be a world class player, which is mastered either by experience or highly skilled training.