UMumba have enjoyed the perfect start to the franchise-based Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 with two-out-of-two wins in their opening encounters at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune.

In their first fixture, UMumba rallied to beat Bengaluru Smashers 10-5. UMumba`s 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Aruna Quadri of Nigeria lost the first singles match 1-2 to Kirill Gerassimenko after which Bengaluru`s Manika Batra beat UMumba`s Diya Chitale 2-1. With the team scores reading 4-2 in favour of Bengaluru, UMumba registered a comeback in the mixed doubles rubber with former World No. 1 in the U-18 category, Manav Thakkar, and 2011 Pan American Games bronze medal-winner, Lily Zhang, beating Batra and Gerassimenko 2-1. Thakkar carried his form into the fourth rubber, blanking Sanil Shetty 3-0 in the men`s singles contest. In the last rubber, Zhang beat Natalia Bajor 3-0 to give UMumba a famous come-from-behind win.