Mumbai lad Mudit Dani wins TT gold

India's Mudit Dani became the first player from Mumbai to win an individual gold in the International Table Tennis Federation global junior circuit, as he went on to bag six medals, in two championships held in Guatemala and El Salvador.
15-year-old Dani of Dhirubhai Ambani International School won the cadet boys individual gold and team bronze in the August 12-15 competition in El Salvador and the cadet boys team gold, individual and doubles bronze and junior bronze in the August 6-9 event in Guatemala.
Dani beat Jaime Galeano of El Salvador 11-7 4-11 11-3 11-6 in the cadet boys final, after prevailing over Swedish duo Oskar Danielsson 11-9 11-13 11-8 11-8 in the quarter-finals and Filip Karlsson 12-14 11-6 11-6 2-11 11-7 in the semi-finals.

Dani paired with Shivansh Kumar to win the team gold after beating William Apelqvist and Danielsson of Sweden 'A'.