Krisha Shah and Nayshaa Batoye scored contrasting victories to advance into Girls’ under-15 singles quarter-final round of the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018, jointly organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GBMA).
Krisha Shah in action against Shreya Chary in a Girl’s under-15 singles pre-quarter-final match of the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018.
In an interesting and well-contested pre-quarter-final contest, Krisha was engaged in a keen tussle with Shreya Chary and both shuttlers gave it their best shot. Krisha after losing a close first game produced a remarkable fight back and showed more aggression as she went on to win the next two games to clinch a hard-earned 14-15, 15-10, 15-12 victory over Shreya, at the CCI Badminton courts. On the other hand, Nayshaa was dominant from the start against Anishka Daga and dropped just two points in the entire match and charged to 15-1, 15-1 victory.
In an exciting Boys’ under-13 singles encounter, Harmaan Maliye beat back a spirited challenge from Suhaan Sagar to pull off a tough 15-7, 10-15, 15-13 victory.
In the Boys’ under-19 competition, the top two seeds Jaidev Menon and Siddhesh Raut safely sailed into the quarter-finals. Jaidev comfortably defeated Diyan Jain 15-7, 15-6 and Siddhesh tamed Krish Khetwani 15-3, 15-9 in pre-quarter-final matches.
Results –
Girls’ under-13 singles (pre-quarters): 1-Taarini Suri bt Benaifer Katrak 15-4, 15-4; Siya Dahake bt Ananya Yelave 15-3, 15-7; Taarushi Yadav bt Gargi Gupta 15-5, 15-4; Aastha Parab bt Jheel Modi 15-9, 15-5; Maahi Shah bt Zahra Motorwala 15-11, 15-12; Riya Vinherkar bt Preksha Karshinkar 15-3, 15-2; Mithila Shinde bt Ananya Nanda 15-6, 15-6; 2-Nayshaa Batoye bt Minaish Rustomji 15-3, 15-4.
Boys’ under-13 singles (pre-quarters): 1-Shaswat Kumar bt Atharva Sawant 15-9, 15-10; Ahan Niture bt Angad Tathgir 15-7, 15-14; Essa Motorwala bt Parshav Bhansali 15-6, 15-2; Harmaan Maliye bt Suhaan Sagar 15-7, 10-15, 15-13; Rohan Singh bt Aryan Sikchi 15-14, 15-13; Parth Jani bt Pranay Shah 15-7, 15-7; Pranav Dhawan bt Aditya Bajaj 14-15, 15-12, 15-10; 2-Vajra Mainkar bt Hemant Motwani 15-2, 15-4.
Girls’ under-15 singles (pre-quarters): Shachi Jukar bt Mithila Shinde 15-10, 15-9; Stuti Gala bt Siya Dahake 15-9, 15-4; Tarini Suri bt Riddhi Agarwal 15-1, 15-1; Sanjivani Suryavanshi bt Himangi Parekh 15-7, 15-14; Saanvi Mardolkar bt Dia Parasrampuria 15-8, 15-6; Krisha Shah bt Shreya Chary 14-15, 15-10, 15-12; Aarya Kakad bt Diksha Guleka 15-9, 15-8; Nayshaa Batoye bt Anishka Daga 15-1, 15-1.
Boys’ under-19 singles (pre-quarters): 1-Jaidev Menon bt Diyan Jain 15-7, 15-6; Vikrant Ninave bt Anuj Kokane 15-7, 15-5; Viraj Kuvale bt Ameya Nakashe 15-5, 15-9; Rururaj Rathod bt Srikant Rai 15-9, 15-7; Rishabh Sainani bt Tyrone Pereira 15-13, 15-13; Shubham Pal bt Faizaan Charania 15-1, 15-1; Rahil Parikh bt Raj More 15-7, 15-4; 2-Siddhesh Raut bt Krish Khetwani 15-3, 15-9.
Men’s singles (2nd round): 1-Nigel D’Sa bt Vipul Bagga 15-7, 15-5; Srikant Rai bt Rustom Warden 15-13, 11-15, 15-14; Siddhesh Raut bt Puneet Bang 15-10, 15-5; Ameya Nakashe bt Ritesh Desai 10-15, 15-10, 15-12; 3-Mishil Shah bt Preshit Katdhare 15-6, 15-7; Amol Hindlekar bt Justin Joseph 15-5, 15-9; Jaidev Menon bt Ishaan Kapur 15-9, 15-6; Nihar Kelkar bt Pratik Tiwari 11-15, 15-11, 15-12; Deepak Jaitly bt Vilas Kuvale 15-7, 15-12; Pawan Singh bt Vikrant Kushwaha 15-10, 15-4; Rishabh Sainani bt Aayush Shrivastav 15-10, 15-11; 4-Yash Tiwari bt Shubham Pal 15-12, 15-14; Siddhesh Aroskar bt Daras Nadar 15-11, 15-14; Jawad Shaikh bt Akshay Pawar 15-6, 15-4; Somnath Sonawane bt Ayush Gulechha 15-6, 15-10; 2-Viplav Kuvale bt Shaivals Jhaveri 15-8, 15-6.