Manav Thakkar claims a 'double'

Manav Thakkar played to his form and reputation and
claimed a ‘double’ in the junior boys section of the 2017 ITTF World
Junior Circuit India Junior and Cadet Open here on Wednesday.

Thakkar defeated Singapore’s Yew En Koen Pang in five games to claim
the singles title. He teamed up with Manush Shah for the ‘doubles’
crown, too. Other Indian juniors and cadets disappointed on this day.

The results (Indians unless stated):

Junior boys (final): Manav Thakkar bt Yew En Koen Pang (SGP) 11-8,
11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6; (semifinals): Thakkar bt Manush Shah 11-9,
11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Yew En Koen Pang bt Yanapong Panagitgun (THA) 11-6,
10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8.

Doubles (final): Final: Manav Thakkar-Manush Shah bt Raegan
Albuquerque-Subh Goel 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.

Junior girls (final): Maki Shiomi (JPN) bt Yoo Siwoo (KOR) 11-8, 11-2,
11-8, 3-11, 12-10; (semifinals): Maki Shiomi bt Surbhi Patwari 11-7,
11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Yoo Siwoo bt Yashini Sivasankar 11-8, 8-11, 11-9,
11-5, 11-6.

Doubles (final): Lee Dagyeong-Lee Seungmi (KOR) bt Manushree
Patil-Prapti Sen 11-7, 11-6, 11-7.

Cadet boys (final): Yew En Koen Pang (SGP) bt Lalremruata Alberto
8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; (semifinals): Yew En Koen Pang bt Yashansh
Malik 11-2, 12-10, 11-5; Lalremruata Alberto bt H. Jeho 12-10, 11-13,
11-8, 11-7.

Cadet girls (final): Lee Dagyeong (KOR) bt Vanshika Bhargava  11-6,
11-9, 11-7; (semifinals): Vanshika bt Munmun Kundu 11-7, 11-4, 11-8;
Lee Dagyeong bt Mihika Rohira 11-4, 11-5, 11-7.

Hopes boys (final): Preyesh Raj bt Divyansh Srivastava 12-10, 8-11,
8-11, 11-6, 11-9; (semifinals): Preyesh bt Pitiyage Silva (SRI) 11-7,
11-9, 11-4; Divyansh bt Arnag Aggarwal 11-9, 11-4, 11-9.

Hopes girls (final): Suhana Saini  bt Kavyashree Baskar 11-4, 11-3,
11-4 (semifinals): Suhana bt Nehal Venkatasamy  12-10, 11-5, 11-3;
Kavyashree bt Pritha Vartikar 13-11, 11-9, 12-10.