Kenisha Chavan put up pretty good show while scoring two good wins to breeze into the semifinals of the girls under-10 singles in the Mumbai Suburban District Sub-junior Badminton Championships, hosted by Kandivali Recreation Club at their newly laid badminton courts here today. Kenisha first score a tense 30-23 win over Anjana Nair, and later beat Pranjal Dedhia 30-18 to make the last four grade. She was joined by top seed Juie Parab, who beat Aryas Mestry 30-13, Jashvi Bhatta, a 30-15 winner over Sianna Noronha and Akshita Tibrewala, who routed Tiann Castellino 30-12.
Mannas Mehta overcame the spirited challenge of Kushagra Jha 30-23 t0 move into the quarterfinals of the boys under-13 singles, while in the corresponding girls under-13 singles, Kyra Seth overcame Ashna Shome 30-23 for a place in the last 16.
Results:
Boys (U-10) Singles (Quarterfinals): Zehn Masani bt Mathew Kalarickal 30-13; Aneesh Godbole bt Jinay Patel 30-19, Jayden Noronha bt Amod Lad 30-13; Suvaan Mohan bt Shringarpure 30-16.
Girls (U-10) Singles (Quarterfinals): Juie Parab bt Arya Mestry 30-13; Jashvi Bhatt bt Sianna Noronha 30-15; Akshita Tibrewala bt Tiann Castellino 30-12; Kenisha Chavan bt Pranjal Dedhia 30-18.
Boys -13 singles (Pre-quarterfinals):Pranit Somani bt Jayden Noronha 30-8; Mannas Mehta bt Kushagra Jha 30-23; Malhar Mehendale bt Jinay Patel 30-9; Ritvik Seth bt Avignha Tibrewala 30-18, Tanay Mehta bt Vivaan Jain 30-14, Devan Deshpande bt Naman Trivedi 30-16; Ahan Raheja bt Vedant Sawant 30-17; Arnav Dagli bt Aayan Kapadia 30-8; Vivaan Fernandes bt Nishant Pramod 30-14; Akshat Barve bt Ethan D’Souza 30-13.