Ayhika wins silver, Anthony-Sanil clinch bronze at Belgium Open
Indian table tennis player Ayhika Mukherjee settled for a silver medal after going down 1-3 to Korea's Youjin Kim in the final of the ITTF Challenge Belgium Open in the under-21 women's singles category.
Anthony Amalraj and Sanil Shetty too fought their way into the medals' bracket, bagging a bronze in the men's doubles.
Ayhika put up a brave fight in the summit clash but Kim proved to be a tough nut to crack in the end. In the semifinals, Ayhika had defeated Hong Kong's Chengzhu Zhu 3-1 to enter the finals.
She had lost the first game 6-11 but showed great spirit to win the next three 11-3, 11-7, 11-8 against Chengzhu.
Ayhika's impressive run in the tournament started with a 3-1 win against Poland's Natalia Bajor in the round of 32. Compatriot Sreeja Akula also beat Alina Nikitchanka of Belarus by a 3-0 margin to enter the prequarters.
However, Archana Kamath and Moumita Dutta bowed out with defeats.
In the pre-quarters, Ayhika downed France's Audrey Zarif 3-0 but Sreeja lost to ...