Nikkita upsets 4th seed Sophia to enter District Badminton quarters

NAGPUR: Top seed Samruddhi Saoji and second seed Ashni Joshi registered contrasting wins to enter the U-13 girls singles semifinals in the Goel Ganga Group Nagpur District Badminton Championship at the Robertson YMCA Hall here on Saturday.
Samruddhi sailed to victory over Amulya Lanjewar in a one-sided quarterfinal. Ashni needed three games to get the better of Aditi Sadhankar in an exciting encounter.
Joining Samruddhi and Ashini in the last eight are third seed Livia Fernandez, Nikkita Joseph, Saee Jamdar, Chaitali Nayse, Jui Jagtap and Gufrana Shaikh.
Fourth seed Sophia Simon was upset by Nikkita after losing the first game narrowly.
RESULTS
U-13 girls singles (pre-quarters): Samruddhi Saoji bt Amulya Lanjewar 15-7, 15-8; Saee Jamdar bt Radha Nayse 15-5, 15-3; Nikkita Joseph bt Sophia Simon 14-15, 15-8, 15-10; Jui Jagtap bt Trisha Garg 15-4, 15-8; Gufrana Shaikh bt Anisha Jaiswal 14-15, 15-7, 15-10; Livia Fernandez bt Sara Pandey 15-14, 15-3; Chaitali Nayse bt Suhani Vazirani 15-14, 15-8; Ashni Joshi bt Aditi Sadhankar 15-8, 12-15, 15-10.
U-10 girls singles (pre-quarters): Nikkita Joseph bt Jadwani Umre 15-3, 15-6; Tiksha Patil bt Arisha Khan 15-14, 15-7; Ananya Durugkar bt Niralini Shenoy 15-3, 15-1; Taniya Patwardhan bt Sampada Raut 15-11, 15-5; Krisha Soni bt Gargi Joshi 15-5, 15-8; Asavari Khandekar bt Mabel Simon 15-3, 15-5; Pinak Rokde bt Tejaswini Harkare 15-8, 15-6; Kripi Sajwan bt Nupur Gajbhiye 15-6, 15-5.
U-13 boys singles (Round 3): Amitesh Agrawal bt Jigar Deshmukh 15-7, 15-1; Dev Rajesh bt Aditya Shiralkar 11-15, 15-14, 15-13; Lokesh Gajwani bt Sarthak Ambhore 15-3, 15-2; Sanvik Choudhari bt Ashutosh Paithankar 15-9, 15-14; Sifat Arora bt Aryan Ramteke 15-6, 15-5; Sarthak Pakhmode bt Arnav Naik 15-9, 15-12; Kanad Yerpude bt Kartik Prayagi 15-7, 15-4; Vaibhav Mithe bt Vinay Selukar 15-7, 15-9; Nilay Deshpande bt Anshul Patne 13-15, 15-11, 15-3; Yugandhar Deo bt Ravi Bang 15-12, 15-7.
U-15 girls singles (Round 2): Radha Bapat bt Shuruti Chokahandre 15-9, 15-9; Ashni Joshi bt Livia Fernandes 15-11, 8-15, 15-12; Pavitra Somani bt Amruta Gadekar 15-3, 15-6; Shriya Arora bt Neha Totla 15-9, 15-8; Sanjana Jalgaonkar bt Avani Bhole 15-7, 15-10; Anajali Kshirsagar bt Aditi Sadhankar 15-6, 15-4; Suhani Vazirani bt Akansha Kale 15-10, 15-8; Samruddhi Saoji bt Prajakta Patil 15-12, 15-8; Chaitali Nayse bt Advika Saraf 15-9, 15-14; Anushka Jhawar bt Vaibhhavi Apte 15-6, 15-8; Nandini Chandak bt Renuka Joshi 15-12, 15-13; Sophia Simon bt Trisha Garg 15-7, 15-6; Saee Jamdar bt Fatema Fidui 15-9, 15-4; Farha Mirza bt Tanika Dave 15-10, 15-9; Rashi Lambe bt Palak Thakkar 15-6, 15-0.