Nagpur District Badminton Championship: Mrunmayi, Varad begin campaign in style

NAGPUR: Second seed and hot favourite Mrunmayi Saoji started her women's singles campaign in style on the opening day of the Baidyanath Nagpur District Open Badminton Championship at the Dhanwate National College Sports Complex, Congress Nagar, here on Saturday.
Former junior state champion Mrunmayi had no trouble in recording two facile wins to seal her spot in the semifinals.Mrunmayi first crushed Triveni Mudliar 15-6, 15-0 and later in the day, she thumped Shruti Chokhandre 21-9, 21-6 to clinch last-4 berth.
Joining Mrunmayi in the semis are top seed Priyanka Pillay, Komal Bhawnani and fourth seed Anjali Kshirsagar.
In the men's singles, top seed Varad Gajbhiye, second seed Pranav Lokhande, former multiple district champion Jayendra Dhole and other seeded players sailed into the third round wich comfortable victories over their respective rivals.
In the U-10 boys singles first round, Sharvil Deshmukh, Parth Deshmukh, Nakul Deshmukh, Sparsh Nandanwar, Nishil Umate, Rachit Nayse and Vihan Mudliyar registered straight-games victories over their respective rivals.
Anuva Shiwarkar, Sanvi Dahiwele, Shravani Ganar and Nandini Vaidya advanced into the next round in the U-10 girls singles.
Dhanwate National College principal Baban Taywade, NDBA president Kunda Vijaykar, joint secretary Naresh Chafekar and other NDBA officials were present on the occasion.
RESULTS
Men's singles (Round 2): 1-Varad Gajbhiye bt Praful Patil 15-5 15-2; Anshul Durgapurohit bt Ankit Rathi 13-15, 15-10, 15-8; Samarjit Panday bt Swapnil Dongarwar 15-1, 15-4; Onkar Gotephode bt Arjun Mudaliar 15-14, 14-15, 15-11; Aayush Jadhav bt Hardik Ashtekar 15-4, 15-10; Raghavendra Chati bt Anand Agrawal 15-5, 15-1; Ameya Joshi bt Subrato Mallik 15-4 15-3; Mohneetsingh Bagga bt Yash Khknkhoje 15-8, 15-7; Pratik Gedam bt Abhijeet Bhure 13-15, 15-14, 15-10; Vatsalya Shah bt Shubham Mohad 15-7, 15-1; 4-Jayendra Dhole bt Kailash Pawar 15-6, 15-10; Anjesh Kawle bt Akshay Kadhikhaye 15-7, 15-6; 6-Zoeb Dhamani bt Kandarp Ashar 15-3, 15-6; Kushal Raut bt Sampath Kulal 15-10, 15-11; 2-Pranav Lokhande bt Nilesh Jaiswal 15-11, 15-4.
Women's singles: (Pre-quarterfinals): Aditi Pande bt Sayli Kapgate 15-1, 15-7; Komal Bhawnani bt Sakshi Khapre 15-5, 15-5; Aditi Zutshi bt Sanjana Raut 13-15, 15-6, 15-12; 4-Anjali Kshirsagar bt Nikita Ghogale 15-1, 15-4; Shruti Chokhandre bt Richa Dawda 15-5, 15-4; 2-Mrunmayi Saoji bt Triveni Mudliar 15-6, 15-0.
(Quarterfinals): 1-Priyanka Pillay bt Aditi Pande 21-10, 21-9; Komal Bhawnani bt Ashwini Warhade 21-11, 21-15; 4-Anjali Kshirsagar bt Aditi Zutshi 21-6, 21-5; 2-Mrunmayi Saoji bt Shruti Chokhandre 21-9, 21-6.
U-10 boys singles (Round of 32): Sharvil Deshmukh bt Abeer Patwardhan 15-6, 15-5; Parth Deshmukh bt Imaan Mehdi 15-12, 15-8; Nakul Deshmukh bt Arjun Agrawal 15-11, 15-10; Sparsh Nandanwar bt Mohammad Tahmeed Sheikh 15-3, 15-4; Nishil Umate bt Shaurya Kumar 15-10, 8-15, 15-10; Rachit Nayse bt Dhairya Patel 15-2, 15-2; Vihan Mudliyar bt V Tijil 15-2, 15-5.