India’s young paddlers extended their purple patch on the international stage, clinching two silver and three bronze medals in the 2018 Serbian Junior and Cadet Open.
Junior players at the ITTFWorld Serbia Junior and Cadet Open
Belgrade:
Deepit Patil-Anukram Jain and Radhapriya Goel-Anusha Kutumbale emerged as the stars, winning the silver medals in the Junior Boys’ Doubles and the Junior Girls’ Doubles categories respectively.
Diya Chitale-Swastika Ghosh also excelled in the Junior Girls’ Doubles category, claiming the bronze medal. Manush Shah was the sole individual to pick up two medals, one along with Raegan Albuquerque in the Junior boys’ Doubles and the other in the Junior Boys’ Singles event. Deepit-Anukram and Raegan-Manush eased into the semifinals with easy wins to raise the prospects of a gold. However, the Raegan-Manush pair capitulated 2-3 against the Thailand-Indonesia duo of Yanapong Panagitgun and Gerald Jun Yu Zong.