Manav Thakkar played to his form and reputation and claimed a ‘double’ in the junior boys section of the 2017 ITTF World Junior Circuit India Junior and Cadet Open here on Wednesday. Thakkar defeated Singapore’s Yew En Koen Pang in five games to claim the singles title. He teamed up with Manush Shah for the ‘doubles’ crown, too. Other Indian juniors and cadets disappointed on this day. The results (Indians unless stated):Junior boys (final): Manav Thakkar bt Yew En Koen Pang (SGP) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6; (semifinals): Thakkar bt Manush Shah 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Yew En Koen Pang bt Yanapong Panagitgun (THA) 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 11-8. Doubles (final): Final: Manav Thakkar-Manush Shah bt Raegan Albuquerque-Subh Goel 11-6, 11-8, 11-8. Junior girls (final): Maki Shiomi (JPN) bt Yoo Siwoo (KOR) 11-8, 11-2, 11-8, 3-11, 12-10; (semifinals): Maki Shiomi bt Surbhi Patwari 11-7, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Yoo Siwoo bt Yashini Sivasankar 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6. Doubles (final): Lee Dagyeong-Lee Seungmi (KOR) bt Manushree Patil-Prapti Sen 11-7, 11-6, 11-7. Cadet boys (final): Yew En Koen Pang (SGP) bt Lalremruata Alberto 8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; (semifinals): Yew En Koen Pang bt Yashansh Malik 11-2, 12-10, 11-5; Lalremruata Alberto bt H. Jeho 12-10, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7. Cadet girls (final): Lee Dagyeong (KOR) bt Vanshika Bhargava 11-6, 11-9, 11-7; (semifinals): Vanshika bt Munmun Kundu 11-7, 11-4, 11-8; Lee Dagyeong bt Mihika Rohira 11-4, 11-5, 11-7. Hopes boys (final): Preyesh Raj bt Divyansh Srivastava 12-10, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9; (semifinals): Preyesh bt Pitiyage Silva (SRI) 11-7, 11-9, 11-4; Divyansh bt Arnag Aggarwal 11-9, 11-4, 11-9. Hopes girls (final): Suhana Saini bt Kavyashree Baskar 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 (semifinals): Suhana bt Nehal Venkatasamy 12-10, 11-5, 11-3; Kavyashree bt Pritha Vartikar 13-11, 11-9, 12-10.
