Sutirtha stars as U Mumba beat Chennai Lions in UTT

Former women's national champion Sutirtha Mukherjee stunned Germany's Petrissa Solja to hand debutants U Mumba TT a formidable 9-6 win over Chennai Lions in the Ultimate Table Tennis here on Friday.

India's top star Sharath Kamal drew Lions back into the contest by recovering five points from U Mumba, two in the mixed doubles along with Petrissa and another two in the second men's singles contest to make it 6-6 going into the final fixture of the evening.

But Hong Kong's experienced Doo Hoi Kem turned out to be too powerful for Madhurika Patkar, sweeping the last three points of the tie to give U Mumba the massive win.

Sutirtha set the ball rolling for U Mumba, cruising to an unexpected 5-1 lead in the opening game. She made the most of the stunning start to take the game 11-7.

She then showed amazing composure, fighting back from 5-10 down to win her own golden point.

Sutirtha, however, couldn't continue the momentum, losing the decider 5-11. But by then she had garnered two crucial .