Winning start for Malvika, Sanika, Chaitali in State Senior Badminton

NAGPUR: In-form Malvika Bansod, Sanika Durugkar, Chaitali Nayse, Nayan Thakre and Rutura Joshi started their campaign on a winning note in the Raojibhai M Patel & Kamleshbhai R Patel Memorial Maharashtra Senior State Selection Badminton tournament at the District Sports Complex, Bachat Bhavan in Wardha on Friday.
Fresh from her maiden international title at the Asian School Games recently, Malvika dispatched Nikita Ghogale 15-4, 15-2 without breaking much of a sweat in the women's singles first round.
Chaitali Nayse, downed Pune's Swapna Belsare 15-12, 15-11. Chaitali, a Standard X student of RS Mundle English School, dominated the match from the word go and did not give any chance to her opponent Swapna Belsare.
Besides Malvika and Chaitali, Sanika Durugkar, Nayan Thakre and Rutura Joshi also entered the second round.
In the men's singles, father-son duo of Kiran Makode and Vinay Makode won their second round encounters to move up. However, Makarand Nimbalkar went down fighting against Likhit Bangera in three games.
Wardha Collector Shailesh Nawal inaugurated the four-day tournament on Friday morning. Shardaben R Patel, Wardha District Badminton Association president Rakesh Patel, WDSBA secretary Mohan Shah, MBA executive committee member Anil Gupta and members and officials of WDSBA were present on the occasion.
The third round matches will get underway on Saturday morning. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played on Sunday, while the finals will be held on Monday.
Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) president Arun Lakhani will be the chief guest for the prize distribution function.
NAGPUR RESULTS (Round 1)
Women's singles: Malvika Bansod bt Nikita Ghogale 15-4, 15-2; Chaitali Nayse bt Swapna Belsare 15-12, 15-11; Sanika Durugkar bt Neha Sikchi 15-13, 9-15, 15-12; Nayan Thakre bt Khushi Patil 15-4, 15-0; Rutura Joshi bt Sayali Parab 15-8, 15-10; Bhargavi Rambhad lost to Mrunmayee Deshpande 12-15, 8-15; Priyanka Pillay lost to Deiya Srinivasan 7-15, 6-15; Isha Londhekar lost to Ramsha Farooqui 4-15, 9-15.
Men's doubles: Hriday Deshmukh-Samarjit Panday bt Kartik Waghmare-Saish Ugemuge 15-5, 15-7.
Women's doubles: Rutura Joshi-Shruti Chokhandre bt Priyanka Pillay-Swapna Belsare 15-13, 15-9.
Men's singles: Samarjit Panday bt Rushabh Jain 15-6, 15-4; Shashank Kulal bt Lalit Salve 15-13, 15-8; Zoeb Dhamani bt Akshay Kamble 15-4, 15-6; Varad Gajbhiye bt Shubhankar Deshpande 15-7, 15-5; Charchit Thak bt Mayur Kulmethe 15-4, 15-3; Anjesh Kawle lost to Soham Navandar 6-15, 11-15; Raghavendra Chati lost to Arnav Tambe 15-11, 12-15, 6-15; Kartikey Bhotmange lost to Sayan Lagad 13-15, 3-15; Amey Tikalkar lost to Manoj Mahajan 5-15, 4-15.
Round 2: Vinay Makode bt Shripad Kulkarni 20-22, 21-17, 21-19; Kiran Makode bt Sagar Desale 12-21, 21-12, 21-18; Varad Gajbhiye bt Subodh Bhagwatkar 21-9, 21-10; Makarand Nimbalkar lost to Likhit Bangera 21-18, 15-21, 9-21.
Mixed doubles (Round 2): Akshan Shetty-Rashi Lambe bt Nikhil Mansukhani-Natasha Daswani 21-5, 21-16; Akshay Kadam-Bhakti Dahasahasra bt Ashutosh Agrawal-Ankita Andurkar 21-5, 21-4; Ajinkya Patharkar-Palak Thakkar bt Tushar Mune-Antara Thatte 21-14, 21-12; Sameet Dandawate-Radhini Bhamre bt Uday Thorat-Charuta Vaidya 21-15, 9-21, 21-17; Sourabh Kerhalkar-Sanashree Dhamdhere lost to Harsh Jagdhane-Kalpita Sawant 25-27, 20-22; Anjesh Kawle-Priyanka Pillay lost to Ganesh Sakpalad-Yogita Salve 11-21, 21-18, 13-21.