Unseeded Daras Nadar produced a smart tactical performance and recorded a shock win against fourth seed Jaidev Menon in a men’s singles match of the CCI-GMBA District Badminton Championship, jointly organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA) and played at the refurbished CCI badminton courts on Monday. Nadar played confidently and won in straight games at 15-11, 15-11 in just 27 minutes.
Daras Nadar
Meanwhile, second seed Yash Tiwari had things much his own way and cruised past unseeded Angad Tathgir registering a quick 15-4, 15-4 victory.
In a closely contested encounter, Satyasheel Kulkarni took time to settle down and narrowly lost the opening game against Vedant Sawant. But, thereafter, Kulkarni found his rhythm and started to dictate terms to take the match away from Sawant pulling off a hard-earned 14-15, 15-1, and 15-6 victory.
There was more cheer for Daras Nadar in the men’s doubles competition. Nadar combined well with partner Vicky Lapasia and they got the better of Aditya Chaudhary and Vedant Sawant snatching a 15-8, 11-15, and 15-11 victory.
Results – Men’s singles: Vedant Sawant beat Parth Chandak 15-13, 15-7; Daras Nadar beat 4-Jaidev Menon 15-11, 15-11; Satyasheel Kulkarni beat Vedant Sawant 14-15, 15-1, 15-6; Nihar Kelkar beat Mandar Waskar 15-3, 15-5; Srikant Rai beat Sahil Kshirsagar 15-5, 15-5; Manjunath Chavan beat Arya Dani 15-3, 15-2; Ameya Nakashe beat Jehan Daboo 15-8, 15-6; Meet Shah beat Mitansh Ragade 15-5, 15-3; 2-Yash Tiwari beat Angad Tathgir 15-4, 15-4.
Men’s doubles: Suraj Awatramani/Tejas Ubale beat Kaushik Vartak/Manish Kumar 15-13, 9-15, 15-13; Aryan Kadam/Sahil Shingare beat Avighna Vailopilli/Rudra Rege 15-13, 12-15, 15-8; Daras Nadar/Vicky Lapasia beat Aditya Chaudhary/Vedant Sawant 15-8, 11-15, 15-11; Shreyans Mehta/William Arroll beat Jimmy Jatania/Sanju Jani 15-5, 15-11; Chetan Bandarkar/Somnath Sonavane beat Meet Shah/Pranav Shah 15-13, 13-15, 15-10; Shreyans Mehta/William Arroll beat Jimmy Jatania/Sanju Jani 15-5, 15-11; Chetan Bandarkar/Somnath Sonavane beat Meet Shah/Pranav Shah 15-13, 13-15, 15-10; Nikhil Mansukhani/Yameer Sanghvi beat Jehan Daboo/Piroze Katrak 15-6, 15-10.
Mixed doubles: 1-Siddhesh Aroskar /Kareena Madan beat Sharan Asher/Anisha Mirchandani 15-6, 15-7; Nikhil Mansukhani/Ishani Savant beat Tejas Ubale/Khushboo Sagar 15-7, 15-2; 4-Nihar Kelkar /Shivani Herlekar beat Yameer Sanghvi/Sakshi Barve 15-4, 15-8; 3-Viplav Kuvale /Riya Arolkar beat Aryan Kadam/Vanshita Chalke 15-3, 15-3; Yash Tiwari/Samiaa Shah beat Narendra Sawardekar/Vaishnavi More 15-2, 15-7; 2-Siddhesh Raut /Anagha Karandikar beat Piyush Kamble/Shreya Dedhia 15-6, 15-9; Jehan Daboo/Benaifer Katrak beat Jagdish Rangoli/Priyanka Singh 15-12, 15-8; Somnath Sonavane/Sneha Mhadlekar beat Aditya Chaudhary/Vaibhavi Chaudhary 15-9, 14-15, 15-9; Viraj Kuvale/Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye beat Jehan Daboo/Benaifer Katrak 15-5, 15-6; Jaidev Menon/Rima Jain beat Somnath Sonavane/Sneha Mhadlekar 15-12, 15-12.