Joseph Sebatindira retained his ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge U-12 title at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on Friday.
The Ugandan defeated New Zealand's Lucas Alexandre 3-1 in the final after dropping the second set.
Sebatindira opened with an 11-08 win before Alexandre levelled at 11-06.
He then took the third set 11-04 and sealed the match 12-10 in the fourth.
Earlier Sebatindira won his round robin matches 4-0 against Gabriel Alejandro, Juan Manuel Echavarria and Saisurya Prasanna Kumar.
He lost 1-3 to Matome Mongalo in the morning session.
In the afternoon Sebatindira recorded eight straight 4-0 victories over Aiden Cepeda, Adam Lashin, Vladimir Filimino Romanescu, Ryan Li, Rabeah Al-Kuwari, Amin Salvador Lora Morales, Daniel Casquero, Hachim Tifassi Idrissi, Chothirun Nantachaiwut, Arthur Xian Xiao, Lakshay Kumar, Vicente Tejeda and Alexandre again.
Eighteen boys and sixteen girls competed in the championship.
Final result
- Champion: Joseph Sebatindira (Uganda)
- Runner-up: Lucas Alexandre (New Zealand)
- Score: 3-1 (11-08, 11-06, 11-04, 12-10)
- Venue: English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
Source: Kawowo Sports
