Indians bag 4 gold, 2 silver medals in Slovak Junior Open Table Tennis

New Delhi, June 3, 2013: India annexed 4 gold and two silver medals in the Slovak Junior Open. This is a record performance of India in any international tournament abroad.

It was a proud moment for Indian athlete viz. Sutirtha Mukherjee standing on the top step of the medal podium listening the national anthem who was a surprised winner of girls singles title.

Sutirtha won 2 more gold earlier in the day. Partnering with Manika Batra she won the girls doubles and two days earlier she had secured gold in the girls’ team event along with Manika Batra and Reeth Tennison.

In the girls’ singles finals Manika Batra lost to Sutirtha Mukherjee winning the silver medal.

India’s Sudhanshu Grover and Abhishek Yadav won the junior boys doubles title beating Brazil’s pair.  

  

Results

Girls singles finals – Sutirtha Mukherjee (India) beat Manika Batra (India) 3-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9

Girls doubles finals – Sutirtha Mukherjee & Manika Batra (India) beat Pauline Chasselin and Audrey Zarif  (France) 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8

Boys’ doubles finals – Sudhanshu Grover and Abhishek Yadav (India) beat Vitor Ishiy and Massao Kohatsu (Brazil) 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 8-11, 11-7

A TTFI Press release