Indore, Dec. 30 -- Drawing on composure as much as craft, Harmeet Desai of the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board edged past SFR Snehit of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department in a gripping seven-game final to lift the men's singles title at the AAI 52nd Institutional Table Tennis Championships at Abhay Prashal on Tuesday.
Harmeet surged to a 2-0 lead and stood on the brink of victory at 10-6 in the sixth game, only for Snehit to force a dramatic turnaround and steal it 16-14. Unfazed, Harmeet leaned on his experience to regain control, sealing the contest in the decider after a see-saw battle that ended 11-9, 11-9, 2-11, 8-11, 11-5, 14-16, 11-5.
Harmeet later combined with Yashaswini Ghorpade to beat the Railways pair of Preyesh Raj an...