San Salvador: India’s Mudit Dani won three medals, including a gold, in the El Salvador junior and cadet open table tennis championships, part of the ITTF World junior circuit here on Sunday.
Dani, the lone Indian in the tournament, paired up with Jacobo Vahnish of Panama to win the team gold, defeating Oliver Mendoza and Oscar Villalta of El Salvador-A in the final.
In doubles, the second-seeded pair of Mudit and Costa Rica’s Gerson Carballo lost to top seeds Oskar Danielsson and Oskar Hedlund of Sweden 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 in the final.
“It’s been a wonderful tournament. I played against some of the top junior players in the World and these wins give me immense confidence going forward,” Dani said. He also reached the singles semifinals where he went down to Vahnish 11-6, 11-1, 3-11, 9-11, 9-11 to settle for the bronze.
The 18-year-old Mumbaikar, who’s mentored by the Swedish legend Peter Karlsson, has been making waves in the junior circuit, becoming the third Indian to break into the top-10 in the ITTF world junior boys circuit.