Nagpur’s Jeeva sends sixth seed packing to take Day 1 honours

Nagpur: City's Jeeva Pillai and Pune shuttlers Juie Jadhav, Ananya Agrawal surprised seeded players to steal the opening day's thunder in the Maharashtra State U-19 selection badminton tournament which begins at the Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy, Besa, on Wednesday.The four-day tournament organized by Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA) under the aegis of Maharashtra Badminton Association will be conducted in the in the memory of NK Garg. Maharashtra U-19 teams will be selected for the forthcoming West Zone championship.In the boys' singles second round, unseeded Nagpur player Jeeva Pillai shocked Pune's sixth seed Yashraj Kadam 15-13, 10-15, 15-12 in a thrilling tie to advance to the round of 32. In the girls singles round of 64, Pune's Juie Jadhav achieved a 15-5, 14-16, 15-6 win over fourth-seeded Pranali Wadar, eliminating the Sangli player from the tournament. Juie's city mate, Ananya Agrawal shocked sixth seed Vibha Patil of Kolhapur 15-7, 15-3 to advance.Nagpur players experienced mixed results in both the boys' and girls' singles tournaments.Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by MLC Sandip Joshi. Present on the dais were Prashant Garg, CMD of Diffusion Engineers Ltd, Shirish Boralkar, Pankaj Thakur, MBA Secretary Siddharth Patil, NDBA President Kundatai Vijaykar, Secretary Mangesh Kashikar, and others.RESULTS (All Singles)BOYS (Round of 64): 1-Aditya Tripathi (Pune) defeated Ruturaj Chipat (Palghar) 15-10, 15-11; Konark Inchekar (PN) defeated Krishna Singh (Nagpur) 15-8, 4-1 Ret; Harshvardhan Patil (Sangli) defeated Chaitanya Kharabe (Ngp) 15-9, 15-11; Atharva Rane (BAMU) defeated Ishan Agashe (PN) 11-15, 15-10, 15-8; 5-Arjun Birajdar (Thane) defeated Shlok Daga (PN) 15-8, 12-15, 15-8; Nidhish More (PAL) defeated Divyansh Singh (PN) 15-11, 15-10; 11-Ojas Joshi (PN) defeated Adarsh Panjwani (Akola) 15-6, 15-9; Sanidhya Khandare (Ngp) defeated Manas Thakare (Nashik) 15-12, 14-16, 15-9; 4-Aryan Birajdar (TH) defeated Ojas Deshmukh (Ngp) 15-6, 15-9; Chirayu Bhobu (PAL) defeated Naitik Patel (Ngp) 15-7, 15-5; Vedant Siddheshware (Osmanabad) defeated Aditya Khamkar (Satara) 15-5, 15-8; 7-Dev Ruparelia (PAL) defeated Sarthak Patankar (PN) 15-9, 15-11; Nikshep Katre (PN) defeated Harshit Nerkar (Ngp) 15-8, 15-10; Vinay Patil (TH) defeated Sairaj Nayse (Ngp) 15-6, 15-8; Jeeva Pillai (Ngp) defeated 6-Yashraj Kadam (PN) 15-13, 10-15, 15-12.GIRLS (Round of 64): Yashasvee Kale (PN) defeated Niraja Kulkarni (Ngp) 15-8, 15-6; Vanshika Tulsani (PAL) defeated Gargi Dabholkar (BAMU) 15-9, 10-15, 15-6; Ditisha Somkuwar (Ngp) defeated Rukhmani Bhateja (Amravati) 15-8, 15-4; Prisha Shah (PAL) defeated Jiya Uttekar (PN) 15-5, 15-12; Vridhi Bang (Wardha) defeated Avani Zadgaonkar (Ngp) 15-8, 15-9; Juie Jadhav (PN) defeated 4-Pranali Wadar (Sangli) 15-5, 14-16, 15-6; Ketaki Thite (BAMU) defeated Grishma Kaishalwar (Ngp) 15-3, 15-9; Fizza Akbani (Ngp) defeated Nupoor Malwade (Latur) 15-10, 15-13; 5-Yutika Chavan (PN) defeated Unnati Giri (Ngp) 15-6, 15-5; Anannya Shinde (Washim) defeated Maousami Likhar (Ngp) 15-3, 15-1; Ridheema Sarpate (Ngp) defeated Siddhi Gawande (Washim) 15-9, 15-7; Kashvee Shah (Sangli) defeated Tinku Ninave (Ngp) 11-15, 15-9, 15-10; Sanvi Ghate (Ngp) defeated Riddhima Sahrawat (PN) 7-15, 15-6, 15-10; Ananya Rane (BAMU) defeated Sharvaree Ganar (Ngp) 15-6, 15-10; Evanna Tyagi (BAMU) defeated Sara Peshkar (Ngp) 15-8, 15-8; Nishika Gokhe (Ngp) defeated Shreya Rathod (Ahmednagar) 15-4, 15-9; Shravni Patil (Nsk) defeated Shreya Chaudhari (PN) 14-16, 15-13, 15-12; Janvhi Shah (BAMU) defeated Saee Sangamnerkar (Ngp) 15-8, 15-10; Mugdha Sawarkar (Ngp) defeated Shruti Randve (Beed) 13-15, 15-12, 15-10.