Kanav Shetty and Ahan Raheja produced solid fighting performances as they came from behind to win their respective last 16 boys’ under-15 singles matches of the Late Shri Kishor Atmaram Palekar Yonex Sunrise Shuttle Craze Maharashtra State Open Sub-Junior Badminton Championship 2022, being organised by Shuttle Craze at the Andheri Sports Complex badminton courts.
Shetty had to bring out his best to overcome Om Nandanwar in three games winning at 13-15, 15-6, and 15-7 to advance to the quarter-finals. Raheja struggled initially and tamely lost the first game, but bounced back by narrowly winning the next two to clinch a 9-15, 15-12, and 15-12 win to progress to the last 8.
In girls’ under-15 singles last 16 matches, Myra Oak played steadily to get past Shalmali Sutar pulling off a 13-15, 15-10, and 15-14 victory and Darshita Rajguru dropped the first game before fighting back to overcome Anushka Epte 11-15, 15-5, and 15-10.
Results – Girls U13 (pre-quarter-finals): Kanak Yadav bt Priyam Sarma 15-7, 15-3; Risha Nandiwdekar bt Sianna Noronha 15-6, 15-11; 1-Anushka Epte bt Dhanvi Nair 15-4, 15-11; Pranjal Dedhia bt Vidhi Singh 15-6, 15-3; Aarya Kulkarni bt Madhura Kakade 15-14, 15-13; Darshita Rajguru bt Riya Sawant 15-6, 15-4; 3-Thea Sheth bt Tiann Castellino 15-14, 15-12; Santoshi Khairnar bt Sruja Kagalkar 15-9, 15-13.
Girls U15 (pre-quarter-finals): Myra Oak bt Shalmali Sutar 13-15, 15-10, 15-14; Darshita Rajguru bt Anushka Epte 11-15, 15-5, 15-10; Ditisha Somkuwar bt Sukhada Lokapure 15-11, 15-14; Madhura Kakade bt Riya Patne 15-9, 15-14; Mrunal Potdar bt Kashvee Shah 15-14, 15-7; Yuvika Bajaj bt Pushti Koladiya 15-7, 15-9; Divya Khare bt Arya Gawade 15-14, 15-6; Bhakti Patil bt 2-Andrea V 15-11, 9-15, 15-14.
Boys U13 (pre-quarter-finals): 4-Mayuresh Bhutki bt Aadit Yengereddy 13-15, 15-7, 15-7; Vishvajit Thavil bt Shriyansh Sahu 15-5, 15-11; 1-Satya Chauhan bt Rafael Mascarenhas 15-9, 15-9; Kritya Patel bt Pragnay Shinde 15-6, 15-7; 3-Pratim Manihar bt Udayan Deshmukh 15-9, 15-12; Om Amrutakar bt Himanshu Bhatkar 15-6, 15-10; Zehn Masani bt Ashlon Pinto 15-12, 7-15, 15-12; 2-Jayden Noronha bt Soham Tambe 15-11, 15-9.
Boys U15 (Pre-quarter-finals): 1-Tanay Mehendale bt Adarsh Rout 15-8, 15-11; Sean Pereira bt Aditya Poojary 15-13, 15-10; Kanav Shetty bt Om Nandanwar 13-15, 15-6, 15-7; 3-Kritya Patel bt Rafael Mascarenhas 15-9, 15-8; Soham Patil bt L. Abhigyan Singha 15-3, 15-11; Harsh Katariya bt Ruturaj Chipat 15-11, 15-9; Ahan Raheja bt Jayden Noronha 9-15, 15-12, 15-12; 2-Zayan Kapadia bt Shardul Pandey 15-10, 15-12.