Manav, Preyesh settle for silver at junior TT meet

New Delhi May 17 (IANS) Keeping an unbeaten record unseeded Japanese Fumiya Igarashi defeated India s Manav Thakkar to emerge winner in the junior boys singles final of the Thailand Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament in Bangkok.

The Japanese defeated the Indian 11-8 6-11 11-4 11-9 11-5. The Indian had beaten higher-rated adversaries in the semifinal and quarterfinal.

Like Manav No.2 seed Preyesh Suresh Raj of India had to be content with the silver medal when he went down to top-seeded Amir Mohammad Samadi of Iran sin the Hopes singles final.

The Iranian won 11-9 8-11 11-7 8-11 11-2. Samadi also beat Tharun Shanmugan in the semi-final 11-7 11-5 11-9 before securing his place in the final.

Earlier the Indians had won a bronze in Junior Boys team event.

--IANS
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