India, Aug. 12 -- For six seasons, Ultimate Table Tennis ran the same way every other table tennis tournament in the world operated for decades - on the eyes and instinct of the umpire in the chair. This year, that changed. When UTT Season 7 got underway in Goa last month, matches, for the first time, were backed by an AI system that could rule on a contested serve in under 20 seconds. The Table Tennis Review, or TTR, built by Gurugram-based Stupa Sports, made UTT only the second table tennis league in the world to adopt a dedicated AI review system for officiating.

Since the third season in 2019, Stupa has been UTT's data and technology partner. A season later, the sports technology company built the league's AI-powered live statistics ...