Panchkula, Nov. 14 -- Odisha's Sarthak Arya once again proved too strong for Jammu and Kashmir's Ritvik Gupta, edging him out 3-2 in a pulsating Under-17 Youth Boys final to clinch his second straight title at the fourth UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships, held at the Tau Devi Lal Multipurpose Indoor Stadium here today.
The final looked to be tilting Ritvik's way, but Sarthak flipped the script with a commanding fourth game, setting the stage for a tense decider. In the fifth, both players traded fierce rallies, yet it was Sarthak's nerves of steel in the crunch moments that carried him through, dramatically securing back-to-back crowns.
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