India's Manav Thakkar settled for a bronze medal in the U-21 singles category while Harmeet Desai progressed to the pre-quarter finals of the men's singles in the ITTF Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open here on Friday. Manav lost to Russia's Denis Ivonin in the semifinals (2-3) to miss out on the gold.

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