NAGPUR: It was a fruitful day for the city shuttlers in the First
Maharashtra Sub-Junior State Selection
Badminton tournament which got underway at the Kalidas Sports Complex in Mulund and Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on Monday.
The six-day tourney is being jointly organized by Jayesh Dhuri Badminton Academy Badminton Foundation and Brihanmumbai Kreeda Aani Lalitkala Pratishthan under the auspices of MBA and
Mumbai Suburban District
Badminton Association.
Pinak Rokde, Aditi Dhamankar, Mrunmayee Pande and Krisha Soni advanced in both the U-13 and U-15 girls singles category. Besides these four shuttlers, several other girls won their respective first round matches in the U-15 girls singles.
Kripi Sajwan, Srushti Kane, Ananya Durugkar, Aditi Tadas, Aasavari Khandekar, Mahi Ratnaparkhi, Amulya Lanjewar and Aditi Dhamankar registered contrasting victories to enter the second round.
In the U-15 boys singles, Shashank Kulal edged out Shreyas Sane 22-20, 21-17, Siddhant Bawankar ousted Siddhant Shankar 21-8, 21-12, Ojas Gedam downed Nagesh Chamle 21-16, 21-8, while Aaryan Sadhankar got the better of Yashwant Salokhe 21-16, 21-13. Shashank Kulal will play Paarth Gadkari in the second round on Tuesday.
NAGPUR RESULTS (Round 1)U-13 boys singles: Sahil Jalgaonkar bt Sahil Gurukal 21-5, 21-3.
U-13 girls singles: Pinak Rokde bt Ojal Rajak 21-5, 21-8; Mrunmayee Pande bt Alisha Khan 20-22, 21-14, 21-12; Krisha Soni bt Pahal Thakkar 21-14, 21-8; Aditi Dhamankar walkover Raizel Dsouza.
U-15 boys singles: Shashank Kulal bt Shreyas Sane 22-20, 21-17; Siddhant Bawankar bt Siddhant Shankar 21-8, 21-12; Ojas Gedam bt Nagesh Chamle 21-16, 21-8; Aaryan Sadhankar bt Yashwant Salokhe 21-16, 21-13.
U-15 girls singles: Kripi Sajwan bt Aanchal Jain 21-14, 21-12; Srushti Kane bt Indira Pacharane 21-8, 21-11; Ananya Durugkar bt Hita Agrawal 21-3, 21-3; Aditi Tadas bt Swarda Bamnodkar 21-1, 21-4; Aasavari Khandekar bt Sanika Patankar 21-14, 22-20; Mahi Ratnaparkhi bt Ananya Amare 21-11, 21-13; Amulya Lanjewar bt Netra Kapadne 21-7, 21-8; Pinak Rokde bt Angela Lasrado 21-10, 21-11; Aditi Dhamankar bt Arya Kakad 21-11, 21-19; Mrunmayee Pande bt Diya Jagdale 21-19, 21-16.
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Read MoreSuhas Nayse, Special correspondent, Sports, The Times of India, Jaipur edition.
He joined TOI Jaipur edition in February, 2023. He was also part of the TOI Nagpur edition from 2006 to 2020 as a sports reporter. He has been covering sports for more than two decades.
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