In Tunis, Indian players Diya Chitale and Swastika Ghosh confirmed a medal in the U-19 girls' doubles category and also made it to the knockout stage in singles, at the 2021 World Table Tennis Youth Star Contender.<br />'' <br />''This is the first international youth event where India TT players are competing in since the Covid-19 pandemic.<br />'' <br />''The Maharashtra duo of Diya and Swastika, who received a bye in the opening round, won 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 against local favourites Fadwa Garci and Maram Zoghlami in the last-eight encounter and secured at least a bronze with an entry into the semi-finals.<br />'' <br />''The pair will now take on Czech Republic's Linda Zaderova and Croatia's Hana Arapovic in the last-four match.<br />'' <br />''Diya and Swastika also progressed into the U-19 singles last-16 stage after finishing on top in their respective groups with an all-win record.<br />'' <br />''Diya, the national youth champion, dominated during her 3-0 victories against Belarusian Darya Vasilenka (11-7, 11-7, 11-7), Linda Zaderova (11-4, 10-12, 11-1, 11-8) and Algeria's Narimene-Hind Siddeki (11-3, 11-4, 11-7) in Group-VI.<br />'' <br />''Junior national champion Swastika defeated Greece's Malamatenia Papadimitriou and Portugal's Ines Matos by identical 3-0 margins in the Group-I.<br />'' <br />''In the boys' U-15 singles, Preyesh Raj Suresh bowed out in the quarter-finals.<br />''<br />