Udit, who has been one of the stand-out players this season, proved to be the trump player once again, emerging victorious in both his matches and winning six crucial points to help Aces to a narrow 14-13 victory over Century Warriors.
Senhora D'Souza started the victory march for Ace, beating Divya Deshpande in the opening match of the tie 2-1 (6-11, 11-9, 11-10). But her good work was undone as Jignesh Rahatwal and Chinmay Somaiya lost the next two matches.
Jignesh went down to Mandar Hardikar 0-3 (5-11, 4-11, 5-11) in the men's single clash while Chinmay capitulated to Havish Asrani 0-3 ( 7-11,9-11,6-11) in the junior boys' category. This saw them concede a 2-7 lead to Warriors.
Udit and Rajesh Singh got them back into the contest with a dominating 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-9) victory over Sameer Bhate and Dhruv Shah in the doubles category (veterans and cadet). Pearl Amalsadiwala then beat Aditi Sinha 2-1 (9-11, 11-10, 11-8) in the junior girls match to bring down the margin to just a solitary point.
But last year's runners-up failed to continue the momentum and surrendered the advantage after their senior mixed doubles pair of Jignesh Rahatwal & Senhora D'Souza lost to Mandar Hardikar & Divya Deshpande 0-3 (8-11, 9-11, 8-11).
With their backs against the wall, it was Udit who delivered another crucial performance, beating Dhruv Shah 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-7) in the cadet category. Trailing 10-11 in the tie, Chinmay joined hands with Pearl Amalsadiwala in the junior mixed doubles category and overcame Havish Asrani and Aditi Sinha 2-1 (11-6, 10-11, 11-10) to take the tie into the last match.
With the scores levelled at 12-12, Rajesh Singh showed nerves of steel and beat Sameer Bhate 2-1 (11-10, 3-11, 11-6) to help Ace win the nail-biting encounter.
( With inputs from IANS )