Wasim Shaikh, Arijeet Bose and Uttkarsh Shilwant found the going tough before they managed to win their respective men’s singles pre-quarter-final round matches of the 2nd Maharashtra Senior State Selection Badminton Tournament 2016 and played at the Goregaon Sports Club on Thursday.
In a closely fought encounter, Shaikh dropped the first game to Vinayak Dandavate, but recovered well and bounced back to pocket the next two games to seal a 21-23, 27-25, 21-17 win and book his place in the last eight round.
Bose also started on a shaky note and lost the opening game, but thereafter he managed to find his rhythm to overcome Akendra Darji by a 13-21, 21-12, 21-14 score line. Uttkarsh Shilwant also dropped a game, before taking next two games against Amey Joshi to enter quarter finals.
Meanwhile, in women’s pre-quarter-final matches, Neha Pandit cruised to an easy win defeating bt Pooja Kachare 21-8, 21-0, while Revati Devasthale also enjoyed an easy outing beating Umay Ukasha Sayyed 21-4, 21-2.
Results – Men’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Abhishek Borate bt Deepak Ratnani 21-11, 21-14; Viplav Kuvale bt Suraj Shetty 21-7, 21-11; Dilip Sirsat bt Jaidev Menon 21-14, 14-21, 21-12; Vineet Kamble bt Shripad Kulkarni 21-14, 21-12; Narendra Gogawale bt Sukrut Baporikar 21-14, 21-13; Abhishek Kulkarni bt Malhar Kulkarni 21-12, 21-13; Satyajeet Jagdhane bt Gideon Dsouza 21-12, 21-10; Nigel D’sa bt Aaditya Arde 21-8, 21-15; Arijeet Bose bt Akendra Darji 13-21, 21-12, 21-14; Likhit Bangera bt Ajeet Kumbhar 16-21, 21-12, 21-8; Wasim Shaikh bt Vinayak Dandavate 21-23, 27-25, 21-17; Ameya Oak bt Akshay Kadam 21-12, 21-18, Abdul Barl bt Mihir Palande 21-13, 21-18; Uttkarsh Shilwant bt Amey Joshi 12-21, 21-19, 21-18.
Women’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Shruti Mundada bt Kareena Madan 21-15, 21-12; Mrunmayi Saoji bt Pranjal Kulkarni 21-9, 21-13; Mudra Dhainje bt Nidhi Patel 21-8, 21-9; Neha Pandit bt Pooja Kachare 21-8, 21-0; Revati Devasthale bt Umay Ukasha Sayyed 21-4, 21-2; Riya Pillai bt Riya Arolkar 21-8, 21-14.