New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- The penultimate day of the second UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Thyagaraj Stadium produced two gripping finals that went the distance.
In the Under-15 Boys' title clash, Aditya Das outlasted fellow Bengal's Rishaan Chattopadhyay 3-2, while Maharashtra's Naisha Rewaskar staged a spirited fightback to edge another Bengal paddler, Ahona Ray, by an identical margin and clinch the gold.
Aditya, after a strong start, slipped to a 1-2 deficit but clawed back in the fourth game to force the decider.
Holding his nerve in the tense finish, he converted his second match point to secure another crownin his budding career. Though the contest remained tight throughout, it was Aditya's consistency that ul...