Sanvi, Anudhya & Ojas in twin semis

Nagpur: Sanvi Ghate, Anudhya Satpute and Ojas Landge won their respective singles and doubles quarterfinals in contrasting fashion to move into the U-11, U-13 semifinals of the seven-day Vidarbha badminton tournament of the multisport festival at Dhanwate National College Hall on Sunday.
In the U-13 girls singles quarterfinal, Sanvi outclassed Ishita Barapatre in straight games 15-6, 15-5 while Anudhya had to sweat hard to get the better of Harshika Sharma 16-14, 15-11.
Similarly in the U-13 girls doubles section, Sanvi won her tie with ease and Anudhya played out a tough quarterfinal outing.
In the first doubles quarterfinal, Sanvi paired up with Poorvi Malik to outplay Gautami Chaudhari and Nirmayi Kurutkar easily 15-6, 15-2. In another exciting quarterfinal, Anudhya partnered with Aaraddhya Sahare and rallied superbly to register a hard-fought victory over Anushree Nayse and Sanvi Manapure in three games. The duo of Anudhya and Aaraddhya won the clash after losing the first game 11-15, 15-10, 15-5.
In the boys section, Ojas Landge too confirmed his berth in the semifinals of U-11 singles and U-13 doubles categories. After winning the U-11 boys singles clash, Ojas paired up with Shardul Belsare to enter the U-13 boys doubles semifinal.
RESULTS (ALL QUARTERFINALS)
U-9 (Boys Singles): Pradyumna Meshram bt Abhir Bhattacharya 15-8, 15-7; Vedant Bapat bt Aarish Nimje 15-11, 13-15, 15-11; Parikshit Dhatrak bt Adhyansh Sahni 15-4, 15-6; Raghav Niwarti bt Advik Nimje 15-6, 15-4;
U-11 (Boys Singles): Shreeansh Naidu bt Sharva Shinde 15-3, 15-2; Mann Bokey bt Darsheel Meshram 15-13, 10-15, 15-3; Ojas Landge bt Vedant 15-9, 15-6; Kartik Naidu bt Arnav Sarode 15-12, 15-13;
U-13 (Girls Singles): Vaishnavi Manglekar bt Aaradhya Hedaoo 15-0, 15-2; Anudhya Satpute bt Harshika Sharma 16-14, 15-11; Sanvi Manapure bt Aradhya Gupta 15-13, 15-11; Sanvi Ghate bt Ishita Barapatre 15-6, 15-5;
Boys Doubles: Devansh Thaokar and Mayank Rajput bt Arnav Gupta and Viaan Chahande 15-5, 15-6; Ojas Landge and Shardul Belsare bt Arjun Ghodse and Veer Vaibhav Chitnis 16-14, 15-13; Anay Raich and Parth Jain bt Swanand Gotmare and Varad Lanjewar 15-10, 15-12; Avinash Khiratkar and Vihan Nimkar bt Mohammad Tabish Shaikh and Mohd Azhaan Ali 15-5, 15-4;
Girls Doubles: Poorvi Malik and Sanvi Ghate bt Gautami Chaudhari and Nirmayi Kurutkar 15-6, 15-2; Aaradhya Hedaoo and Dhriti Mehta bt Ishita Barapatre and Umai Dhumal 15-13, 15-8; Aaraddhya Sahare and Anudhya Satpute bt Anushree Nayse and Sanvi Manapure 11-15, 15-10, 15-5; Aradhya Gupta and Shashwati Deshmukh bt Gargi Khade and Sukhada Suryakant Biwalkar (w/o). tnn