Jeet Bidvai and Ahan Raheja, both of MSDBA scraped through by narrowly winning their respective first round matches in the boys’ under-13 singles event of the Bombay Gymkhana-IndusInd Bank Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament 2019, organized by Bombay Gymkhana under the aegis of the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association.
Jeet Bidvai (MSDBA) defeated Yash Damania (GMBA) by a tight 30-29 margin in a boys’ under-13 first round match of the Bombay Gymkhana-IndusInd Bank Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament
In exciting encounters, Jeet faced a strong challenge from Yash Damania of GMBA before snatching a tight 30-29 victory in the 30-point one game match, at the Bombay Gymkhana badminton courts on Thursday.
Ahan also encountered a stiff fight from Ritvik Sheth (MSDBA), but managed to hold his focus to clinch a tight 30-29 win.
Meanwhile, Vivaan Fernandes (MSDBA) had a relaxed time as he dropped just one point as he charged to a 30-1 win against Romil Baldia (GMBA) in another opening round fixture.
Sanjivani Suryavanshi (GMBA) defeated Alisha D’Souza (MSDBA). 30-18 in a girls’ under-15 first round match of the Bombay Gymkhana-IndusInd Bank Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament
In girls’ under-15 action Sanjivani Suryavanshi (GMBA) produced a solid fighting display against Alisha D’Souza (MSDBA). After trailing 14-15 at the changeover Sanjivani came into her own and played more aggressively and kept winning points to script a deserving 30-18 victory.
Resuts –
Boys’ U-11 singles (1st round): Viraaj Mehta bt Yuv Rathod 30-6, Vedant Sawant bt Soham Shukla 30-3.
Girls’ U-13 singles (1st round): Aarohi Mejari bt Zara Andhyarujina 30-12, Benaifer Katrak bt Shaina Makhija 30-24, Neerva Negi bt Jeannah Thakkarr 30-14, Prisha Dhuri bt Manaswi Khedekar 30-16, Akanksha Korlekar bt Aarushi Modi 30-6, Deepti Pillay bt Salenaa Bhombal 30-6, Ananya Nanda bt Advita Pawar 30-2, Ritu Shah bt Swara Kshirsagar 30-29, Myra Oak bt Avni Arlekar 30-13, Harshi Jain bt Kimaya Agarwal 30-9, Riya Kanolkar bt Arya Mestry 30-18.
Boys U-13 singles (1st round): Deven Deshpande bt Daaksh Meena 30-22, Pranit Somani bt Parth Lele 30-11, Dhananjay Ghatode bt Shobhit Dotiya 30-7, Nishant bt Krishiv Jobanputra 30-7, Vivaan Fernandes bt Romil Baldia 30-1, Shom Mehta bt Pratham Hari 30-9, Vedant Sawant bt Ayaan Jain 30-7, Sarthak Amrute bt Mufaddal Kapasi 30-5, Chinmaay Sankhe bt Shlok Rathod 30-11, Jeet Bidvai bt Yash Damania 30-29, Ahan Raheja bt Ritvik Sheth 30-29, Shourya Doshi bt Parshav Bhansali 30-13 .
Girls’ U-15 singles (1st round): Keisha Virani bt Aastha Parab 30-21, Sanjivani Suryavanshi bt Alisha D’Souza 30-18, Sugandhi Goyal bt Avni Kanani 30-6, Pahal Thakkar bt Sukhada Gulhane 30-27, Ishita Vyas bt Maahi Shah 30-25.