NAGPUR: City shuttlers made their presence felt in the Under-15 boys' singles event of the first Kwality Bakers
Maharashtra Sub-Junior State Selection Badminton tournament. Three from city - Siddhant Bawankar, Sarthak Pakhmode and Shashank Kulal - made it to the quarterfinals of the same category on Thursday.
The annual meet is being jointly organized by Jayesh Dhuri Badminton Academy Badminton Foundation and Brihanmumbai Kreeda aani Lalitkala Pratishthan under the auspices of MBA and MSDBA at the Kalidas Stadium Mulund in Mumbai.
In the pre-quarterfinals, third seed Sarthak got the better of Pune's Arya Thakore 21-14, 21-13. In the quarterfinal he will be up against Siddharth Bhuta of Mumbai Suburban. Siddhant too posted a straight-game win in the last 16 stage as he defeated Thane's Aadit Mathuranayagam 23-21, 21-13.
In a closely fought all-Nagpur pre-quarterfinal match, Shashank got the better of Sanvik Choudhary by 15-21, 21-17, 21-14. Shashank will be up against Dhruv Thakore, the second seed from Pune.
Among the girls, six city shuttlers who made it to the last 32 of the Under-15 singles category, only one managed to survive on Thursday. It was only Aditi Sadhankar who managed to fight her way into the quarterfinal.
In the pre-quarterfinal, Aditi brushed aside the challenge of Aurangabad's Sonali Mirkhelkar 21-16, 21-11. On Friday, she will be up against second seed from Pune Riya Habbu. The pre-quarterfinal was a walk in the park for Aditi, who was stretched to the limit in the fourth round.
Facing Nasik's Mihika Thatte, Aditi lost the first game, which was a hard-fought affair, 20-22. The second game too produced a see-saw thriller. The game went to the wire before Aditi triumphed in the second deuce. The city shuttler then wrapped up the match by winning the third game 21-18.
The fourth round proved a tough one for the city shuttlers with four of them - Kripi Sajwan, Ananya Durugkar, Aditi Tadas and Pinak Rokde - finishing on the losing note. Apart from Aditi, only Nikkita Joseph, who beat Raigad's Harshada Gawande 25-23, 21-14, managed to sail through. But her campaign came to halt at the pre-quarterfinal stage at the hands of Thane's Adita Rao.
In the U-13 boys doubles quarters, unseeded city pair of Mihirr Patel and Ojas Gedam will clash with second seed Aadya Parasnis and
Shreyas Sane. Mihirr-Ojas crushed Neel Narkhede and Tanay Mehendale 21-11, 21-8 in the pre-quarters.
NAGPUR RESULTS
(Round 4) U-13 Boys' Singles: Aaryan Sadhankar lost to Suchir Ravva (Mumbai Suburb) 6-21, 16-21; Sahil Jalgaonkar bt Devesh Goel (Pune) 21-13, 14-21, 21-11; Ojas Gedam bt Om Hojage (Pune) 21-6, 21-15; Mihirr Patel lost to Joachim John (Pune) 18-21, 14-21.
U-15 Boys' Singles: 3-Sarthak Pakhmode bt Sudhanshu Shinde (Aurangabad) 21-8, 21-13; Siddhant Bawankar bt Aadya Parasnis (Pune) 21-17, 21-5; Shashank Kulal bt Yash Pawar (Thane) 23-21, 17-21, 21-14; Sanvik Choudhary bt Harsh Pawar (Mumbai Suburb) 21-10, 21-9.
U-15 Girls' Singles: Kripi Sajwan lost to 1-Tara Shah (Pune) 7-21, 14-21; Nikkita Joseph bt Harshada Gawande (Raigad) 25-23, 21-14; Ananya Durugkar lost to Rhucha Sawant (Pune) 11-21, 14-21; Aditi Tadas lost to Shruti Bhoir (Thane) 21-17, 15-21, 21-23; Pinak Rokde lost to Hetal Vishwakarma (Nasik) 21-17, 20-22, 8-21; Aditi Sadhankar bt Mihika Thatte (Nasik) 20-22; 23-21, 21-18.
(Pre-Quarterfinals) U-13 Boys' Singles: Sahil Jalgaonkar lost to Aaryaveer Deshmukh (
Parbhani
) 18-21, 21-11, 9-21; Ojas Gedam lost Lakshya Chouhan (Mumbai Suburb) 17-21, 21-13, 16-21.
U-15 Boys' Singles: 3-Sarthak Pakhmode bt Arya Thakore (Pune) 21-14, 21-13; Siddhant Bawankar bt Aadit Mathuranayagam (Thane) 23-21, 21-13; Shashank Kulal vs Sanvik Choudhary 15-21, 21-17, 21-14.
U-15 Girls' Singles: Nikkita Joseph lost to Adita Rao (Thane) 16-21, 21-23; Aditi Sadhankar bt Sonali Mirkhelkar (Aurangabad) 21-16, 21-11.
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