World Youth C’ships: Indian teams win silver and bronze

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Team India's table tennis players made a strong debut at the ITTF World Youth Championships in Romania, returning with one silver and one bronze medal in the U-19 boys and U-15 girls categories respectively.

The U-19 boys team went down in the final 0-3 to Japan. The title clash opened with a tense five-game battle, where Ankur Bhattacharjee pushed Ryuusei Kawakami to the limit before losing 17-15, 6-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-13. Japan then extended their lead as Kazaki Yoshiyama beat Abhinand 11-7, 11-8, 11-6, followed by Tamito Watanabe's 11-9, 11-7, 11-3 win over Priyanuj Bhattacharyya.

In the U-15 girls semis - Ankolika Chakraborty, Divyanshi Bhowmick, and Ananya Muralidharan - earned bronze after their 0-3 defeat to South Korea.

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