Ahmedabad, Jun 2 (PTI) Kolkata Thunder Blades produced a fighting performance to overpower Chennai Lions 8-7 on points in a pulsating Ultimate Table Tennis Season 6 match here on Monday.

Young Ankur Bhattacharjee gave a flying start to the Thunder Blades with a commanding 3-0 (4-11 10-11 7-11) win over Kazakhstan paddler Kirill Gerassimenko of Chennai Lions in the first men's single match.

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World no. 36 Fan Sqi of China brought Chennai Lions back into the contest with a 3-0 (11-8 11-10 11-6) win over Kolkata's Selena Selvakumar in women's singles.

Arjun and Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico gave Kolkata Thunder Blades a valuable point by winning the last game even though they lost the mixed doubles match 1-2 to Payas Jain Fan Sqi of the Lions.

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In the reverse men's singles match, world no. 27 Aruna Quadri of Nigeria had to face strong fight from lower ranked Payas Jain before registering a tough 2-1 (11-3 8-11 11-9) win to level the tie 6-6 and take it to the decider.

In the deciding second women's singles match, Diaz produced her best display as she used her booming top-spin smashes to outplay Poymantee Baisya of Chennai Lions 2-1 (11-6 7-11 11-6) and pocket the humdinger for Kolkata Thunder Blades.

According to the format of the tournament, a game is won when a player scores first 11 points, with a golden point used for deciding games that are tied at 10-10, in the league stage.

A team wins a tie by winning the most games. At the league stage, a team bags a tie by winning at least eight out of the 15 total games.

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