India's Manav Thakkar settled for a bronze medal in the Under-21 singles category while Harmeet Desai progressed to the pre-quarter finals of the men's singles in the International Table Tennis Federation Challenge Belgosstrakh Belarus Open in Minsk, Belarus today.

Manav, who had an impressive run in the tournament, lost to Russia's Denis Ivonin in the semifinals to miss out on the gold. 

Harmeet too impressed in his outing, beating Russia's Alexey Liventsov. He will take on China's Zheng Sun in the pre-quarters.