Indore, Nov. 3 -- On the penultimate day of the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal, the drama intensified as several of the 16 men's and women's seeded players fell by the wayside.
Yet, amid the upsets, a few held firm, surviving tense battles to book their passage to the final day's action, keeping the title race wide open.
In the men's singles pre-quarterfinals played today, top seed Manush Shah (RBI) was stretched by Delhi's Arjav Gupta before clinching a hard-earned 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 11-3 victory.
Ronit Bhanja outplayed teammate Anirban Ghosh 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9, while Mizoram's in-form H. Jeho continued his impressive run, brushing aside Sarthak Arya 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.
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