Slovenia Open TT: India's duo Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah win gold

India's duo Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah claimed gold in the doubles event of Slovenia Open Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis championship.The Indian duo on Sunday beat the top-seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Feng I-Hsin and Tai Ming-Wei 11-7, 11-6, 17-15 at Otocec, Slovenia. Earlier, the second-seeded Indian pair had beaten compatriots Anukram Jain and Snehit Suravajjula 11-8, 8-11, 9 -11, 11-7,



14-12 in the semi-final.

Another Indian top-seeded Jeho Himnakulhpuingheta reached the Cadet Boys singles final defeating Iran's Radin Khayyam in straight games of 11-5, 1-4, 11-9 in the semifinal. He will meet second seed Ireland's Owen Cathcard.

Earlier, Payas Jain and Diya Chitale bowed out in the Cadet quarterfinals.