Jammu boy wins US table tennis tournament

Jammu boy Aryan Mahajan has won the 2016 Millcreek Giant round-robin table tennis tournament at Erie, Pennsylvania in US. This $3,000 prize money tournament is sanctioned by USA Table Tennis. Fourteen-year-old Mahajan earlier won an under-16 tournament in Ohio in January. On Sunday, Mahajan scored a stunning come-from-behind 3-2 win over Asawari Khadode. This two-star tournament, sponsored by table tennis equipment maker Butterfly, sees players taking part on the basis of their ratings (between 2,250-1,000). Matches are best of five games to 11 points. Mahajan was down 2-0 and then reeled off three games in-a-row to win. Mentored by Samson Dubina, Mahajan finished runner-up in the under-16 category. He is among a number of Indian juniors who are trying to make it big in table tennis in USA.