12-yr-old Vaishnavi stuns seeds, scores hat-trick of district titles

Nagpur: Vaishnavi Manglekar became the toast of the tournament on Tuesday. The 12-year-old won as many as three singles finals and became the only shuttler to score a hat-trick of titles at the Baidyanath Yonex Sunrise Nagpur District badminton championship, which concluded at the Subhedar Hall, Ravi Nagar, on Tuesday.
The Badminton Stars Academy shuttler underlined her supremacy by winning the U-17, U-15 and U-13 girls singles titles by stunning a couple of seeded players.
While Vaishnavi hogged the limelight on the concluding day of the district tournament, 16-year-old Rutva Sajwan surprised top seed Gaurav Rege to emerge as the new men’s singles champion. Both Rutva and Gaurav won their doubles finals and ended up winning twin titles. 12-year-old Aditya Yaul and Sparsh Kawale too pocketed twin tiles by winning the U-13, U-15 and U-17, U-19 boys singles finals respectively.
In the veterans category, Rajendra Yadav, Piyush Makhe and Jayendra Dhole won a couple of finals for double delight.
On her way to becoming the showstopper of the five-day tournament, 12-year-old Vaishnavi lived up to her billing with straight games 21-18, 21-14 triumph over Sanvi Ghate in the U-13 girls singles final.
Vaishnavi, who practices at the Mankapur Stadium under Amit Raut, stunned U-15 and U-17 top seeds Fizza Akbani and Ditisha Somkuwar to underline her supremacy by winning all three finals she played. In the U-15 summit clash, Vaishnavi posted a hard-fought 21-14, 21-19 victory over Fizza. In the U-17 title clash, Vaishnavi stunned U-19 girls singles champion Ditisha Somkuwar in straight games 21-19, 21-9 to score a hat-trick of titles.
RESULTS (All Finals)
Men's Singles: Rutva Sajwan bt Gaurav Rege 16-21, 21-12, 21-11; Women's Singles: Nishika Gokhe bt Kripi Sajwan 19-21, 21-16, 21-10; Men's Doubles: Gaurav Rege-Hriday Deshmukh bt Devesh Jena-Shashank Kulal 21-7, 21-14; Mixed Doubles: Gaurav Rege-Pinak Rokde bt Aashish Rajput-Kripi Sajwan 14-21, 21-14, 22-20;
U-9 (Boys Singles): Pradyumna Meshram bt Adhirath Madankar 21-7, 21-9; Girls: Kshitija Yaul bt Prisha Titare 21-7, 21-6;
U-11 (Boys Singles): Shreeansh Naidu bt Ojas Landge 21-14, 21-17; Girls: Akshita Dorshatwar bt Ira Rokade 21-6, 21-19;
U-13 (Boys Singles): Aditya Yaul bt Mayank Rajput 14-14 retired: Girls Singles: Vaishnavi Manglekar bt Sanvi Ghate 21-18, 21-14;
Boys Doubles: Devansh Thaokar-Mayank Rajput bt Avinash Khiratkar-Vihan Nimkar 21-7, 21-16; Girls Doubles: Aaraddhya Sahare-Anudhya Satpute bt Anushree Nayse-Poorvi Malik 21-11, 25-23;
U-15 (Boys Singles): Aditya Yaul bt Sairaj Nayse 21-12, 22-20; Girls Singles: Vaishnavi Manglekar bt Fizza Akbani 21-14, 21-19; Boys Doubles: Naitik Patel-Ojas Deshmukh bt Atharva Urade-Rayaan Abidi 21-18, 21-15; Girls Doubles: Niraja Kulkarni-Sharvaree Ganar bt Aaraddhya Sahare-Anudhya Satpute 23-21, 21-16;
U-17 (Boys Singles): Sparsh Kawale bt Arnav Palshikar 21-18, 21-14; Girls Singles: Vaishnavi Manglekar bt Ditisha Somkuwar 21-19, 21-9; Boys Doubles: Rutva Sajwan-Shaurya Kumar bt Harshit Nerkar-Rudraksh Thaokar 21-17, 21-14;
U-19 (Boys Singles): Sparsh Kawale bt Sanidhya Khandare 21-16, 21-19; Girls Singles: Ditisha Somkuwar bt Fizza Akbani 21-9, 21-11; Boys Doubles: Aaryan Sadhankar-Jeeva Pillai bt Arnav Palshikar-Rudraksh Thaokar 21-17, 23-25, 21-17;
35 Men's Singles: Rajendra Yadav bt Homiyar Dumasia 21-17, 21-10; Women's Singles: Manjiri Dhok bt Purnima Somkuwar 21-12, 17-21, 21-14; Men's Doubles: Piyush Makhe-Rajendra Yadav bt Ashish Khedikar-Jayendra Dhole 19-21, 21-10, 21-17; Mixed Doubles: Piyush Makhe-Manisha Bhawatkar bt Pinaki Mukherjee-Swati Khandekar 21-5, 21-10;
45 Men's Singles: Jayendra Dhole bt Homiyar Dumasia 21-16, 21-14; Men's Doubles: Ashish Khedikar-Jayendra Dhole bt Jatin Sampat-Pinaki Mukherjee 21-15, 21-17;
55 Men's Singles: Shrikant Deshpande bt Rajesh Selukar 21-9, 21-17; Men's Doubles: Arvind Joshi-Rajesh Selukar bt Kamalakar Khekale-Sanjay Nichat 21-12, 21-10.