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Gujarat’s Himansh Dahiya advanced to the second round of the under-19 (boys) category of the third UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships in Vadodara on Wednesday.
Two other Gujarat players Burhanuddin Malubhiwala and Ayush Tanna however lost their first-round matches.
Himansh defeated Devansh Mudgal of TTFI 11-9, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 in a thriller.
showed great character after trailing 1-2 to first level the scores and then winning the decider.
The Gujarat lad has a difficult job in the round of 32 as he takes on top-seed Ankur Bhattacharjee.
Arnee Parmar, the lone Gujarat girl making the knockout stage in the U-19 girls, went down to Haryana's Prithoki Chakraborty 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5..