France's top player Simon Gauzy, the world no. 8, Chinese Taipeis Chih Yuan Chuang and ITTF Europe's Top 16 women's winner Bernadette Szocs are the top draws in a for the second edition of CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league starting on June 14.
The Indian pool, comprising a total of the 28 best players in the country, will be led by world no. 49 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, winner of the ITTF Challenger Spanish Open, and 8-time national champion Sharath Kamal, the organisers of the league, 11Sports, announced today.
"We are very excited to sign up Simon Gauzy. Some of the best players in the world will be seen in action during the tournament," Vita Dani, chairperson of 11Sports, said.
Gauzy has been in tremendous form all through the season gone by, finishing second at the ITTF World Tour
The UTT comprises six franchisees with eight players