Maharashtra U-19 State Badminton Selection tournament: Gowtham Hari rallies to win; seeded players on track

Unseeded Gowtham K Hari of Mumbai Suburban kept up his good form to rally from a first game loss and defeat Pune's Atharva Goswami 10-15, 15-9, 15-8 and advance to the U-19 boys singles Round of 32 in the Yonex-Sunrise Maharashtra U-19 State Badminton Selection tournament, organised by GMBA, promoted by Badminton Gurukul and hosted by Willingdon SC.The other matches in the age category saw seeded players advance with relative ease. Top seed Arjun Alugvelli, also of Mumbai Suburban eased past Akola's Adarsh Panjwani 15-7, 15-9, while fourth seed Pranay Gadewar of Nagpur beat Raigad's Mukesh Yadav 15-9, 15-5.The Under-19 girls singles matches also saw seeded players get into their groove and advance to the round of 32 with straightforward wins. Third seed Prakriti Sharma of Raigad and 5th seed Navya Ranka of Pune moved up with straight-game wins over Thane's Meemansha Shresh and Mumbai Suburban's Ananya Rane, respectively.RESULTS (DAY 2)U-19 boys singles (Round of 64)Arjun Aluguvelli (Mumbai Suburb) (1) bt Adarsh Panjwani (Akola) – 15-7, 15-9; Pranay Gadewar (Nagpur) (4) bt Mukkesh Yadawar (Raigad) – 15-9, 15-5; Avadhut Kadam (Pune) (5) bt Jayden Noronha (Mumbai Suburb) – 15-3, 15-5; Yash Gaurav Sinha (Thane) (9) bt Hrugved Bhosale (Pune) – 15-3, 15-4; Nikshep Katre (Pune) (8) bt Sumit Made (Latur) – 15-13, 15-7; Aayush Adey (Pune) (13) bt Pragnay Shinde (Raigad) – 15-9, 15-10; Gowtham K Hari (Mumbai Suburb) bt Atharva Goswami (Pune) – 10-15, 15-9, 15-8.U-19 girls singles (Round of 64)Prakriti Sharma (Raigad) (3) bt Meemansha Shresh (Thane) – 15-4, 15-5; Navya Ranka (Pune) (5) bt Ananya Rane (Mumbai Suburb) – 15-10, 15-4; Simran Bakare (Pune) bt Prisha Shah (Mumbai Suburb) – 15-3, 15-7; Pranjal Shinde (Raigad) bt Anvi More (Thane) – 15-8, 15-6; Ketaki Thite (Mumbai Suburb) bt Soyara Shelar (Pune) 15-11, 15-10.U-19 mixed doubles (Round of 32)Prasanna Manna/Anannya Shinde bt Soham Gode/Ninoshka Deodikar – 15-7, 15-10; Satya Chauhan/Manasvi Chauhan bt Aayan Kapadia/Khushi Pahwa – 15-12, 13-15, 15-13; Gaurang Katkar/Niranjanee Deshpande bt Sarthak Kulkarni/Tanishka Patil – 15-10, 15-11; Apurv Davadate/Safa Shaikh bt Raghavendra Yadav/Sharvari Survase – 9-15, 15-12, 15-12.