Recently, Indian youth table tennis player Manav Thakkar won the title of ITTF Challenge plus Benex Virgo North American Open in the under-21 category. As the second-seeded Manav defeated Argentina's Martin Bentancore 11–3, 11–5, 11–6 in a one-sided match in the final.
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According to reports, Manav is the first Indian to win this title since 2017. The 19-year-old Manav is the fourth Indian to win the men's singles title in the ITTF World Tour Under-21 category. Before him, Harmeet Desai (2012, in Brazil), G Sathiyan (2012, in Egypt) and Soumyajit Ghosh (2011, Chile) have won titles. This is the first time an ITTF Challenge Series and World Tour tournament has been played in Canada.
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Manav was also part of the team that won the bronze medal in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. He defeated Argentina's Horacio Cifuentes 11-5, 11-9 in the quarter-finals, while beating Lorenzo Santiago 12-10, 7-11, 11-6 in the semi-finals.
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