Indians make merry at WTT Youth Contender meet
India’s Payas Jain claimed his second successive under-17 boys title after defeating Tom Closset of Belgium 3-1 in the WTT Youth Contender final in Tunisia.
In his semi-final, Payas defeated Preyesh Raj Suresh 16-14, 11-8, 11-8.
Despite his upper hand in the first game, the Tamil Nadu boy could not breach Payas’ confidence and finally settled with the bronze. Ankur Bhattacharjee, who played an enduring semifinal against Tom Closset, settled for the bronze.
In under-19 boys, Payas, however, failed to cross the semi-final hurdle yet again.
The Indian signed off with a bronze after going down to Louis Laffineur 1-3 (11-9, 10-12, 4-11, 9-11).
Left-handed Preyesh made up for his loss to take the under-15 boys title. He downed Ankur Bhattacharjee in the final 3-1 (11-8, 15-13, 11-13, 11-9). Another Indian, P. B. Abhinand of Tamil Nadu, took the bronze after losing his semi-final 9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 1-11 to Ankur, the silver medallist, earlier in the day.
In the under-11 boys, it was an Indian show again as Vishruth Ramakrishnan claimed the gold medal after accounting for local boy Amir Essid. The Tamil Nadu boy won 11-4, 11-3, 11-7.