Malhar Joshi, playing at his aggressive best, downed Varun Gera 30-25 to storm into the boys under-17 semifinals the Mumbai Suburban District Sub-junior Badminton Championships, hosted by Kandivali Recreation Club at their newly laid badminton court here today. Varun, after matching Malahar stroke for stroke till midway, found Malhar faster and a bit more aggressive as he reeled off points galore to put an end to Varun’s resistence. Top seeded Atharva Joshi put Akshith Kiran in his place and beat him 30-13, while lanky Saheel D’Souza make short work of Lionel Monteiro 30-15.
Malhar Joshi scored an impressive win over Varun Gera to enter the boys under-17 semi finals the Mumbai Suburban District Sub-junior Badminton Championships.
However, there were upsets in the boys under-13 singles, when both the top seeds Pranit Somani and Kabir Barod bit the dust. Malhar Mehendale ousted Pranit 30-20, while Akshat Barve overpowered second seed Kabir Barot 30-25.
Results:
Boys (U-17) Singles (Quarterfinals): (1)- Atharva Joshi bt Akshith Kiran 30-13; Saheel D’Souza bt Lionel Monteiro 30-15; Malhar Joshi bt Varun Gera 30-25.
Girls (U-17) Singles (Quarterfinals): Kamya Ravi bt Anindita Nair 30-17; Nidhi Dave bt Nidhi Chuhan 30-20.
Boys –U-13 singles (Quarterfinals): Malhar Mehendale bt (1)- Pranit Somani 30-20; Saanidhya Agarwal bt Ritvik Seth 30-23; Oskar Mathew bt Ahan Raheja 30-11; Akshat Barve bt (2)-Kabir Barot 30-25.
Girls U-13 singles (Semifinals): (1)- Nirmitee Gajbhiye bt Dipti Pillay 21-7, 21-5; (2)- Sarah George bt Shauri Konsar 21-9, 21-12.
Boys –U-10 singles (Quarterfinals): Zehn Masani bt Jinay Patel 30-9; Satya Chauhan bt Ishaan Shah 30-18; Jayden Noronha bt Ansh Chogle 30-7; Pratim Manhar bt Suvaan Mohanty 30-27.
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.