Ananya Shah was a bit hesitant but managed to carve out a straight game 21-13, 21-18 win against Thea Sheth in a Girl’s Under-17 round of 16 match of the CCI-GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2023, and played at the CCI badminton courts on Monday.
Ananya Shah scored a straight game 21-13, 21-18 win against Thea Sheth in a Girl’s Under-17 round of 16 match.
The 16-year-old Ananya, who trains with Hufrish Nariman at the Cricket Club of India, returned to the courts after a two-month break as she was studying for exams. She looked a bit rusty by making a series of unforced errors. Thea capitalized on her opponents mistakes, but also played well and with her clever change of direction had Ananya in a bit of bother. In the second game, Ananya raced to a 8-1 lead and then fouled on her serve. Thea then won six points on the trot to narrow the lead, but Ananya managed to keep her cool and won points with her aggressive play to stay ahead before closing out the match to advance to the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, second seed Riya Vinherkar dropped just five points in defeating Akhila Meka in two games at 21-4, 21-1 in another Girl’s Under-17 pre-quarter-final.
Earlier, Riya Vinherkar has a much easier time as she stromed past Avani Singh recording a quick 21-1, 21-2 victory in a Girls’ Under-15 round of 16 match.
Results – Girls’ U-11 singles (round-16): Durva Samant bt Taara Patwardhan 21-16, 22-24, 21-16; Viana Borana bt Mihiera Neroy 21-7, 21-5; Swara Shende bt Fatima Warsi 21-12, 21-13; Shanaya Shah bt Aadhya Singh 21-13, 21-9.
Girls’ U-13 singles (round-16): Reyana Rupani bt Prisha Chaudhary 21-17, 21-13; Rudra Gawde bt Tia Ungarkar 21-8, 21-6; Saanvi Dalal W/o Sarathaa Devi Chidambaram; Spruha Waydande bt Kashvi Shah 21-10, 21-8; Dipti Mane bt Aariana Mehta 21-10, 21-11.
Girls’ U-15 singles (round-16): Riya Vinherkar bt Avani Singh 21-1, 21-2;Risha Nandiwdekar bt Sufiya 2`-7, 21-4; Anvi Kakade bt Imaan Motorwala 21-7, 21-10; Ananya Katdare bt Swara Pote 21-13, 21-18; Anvisha Ghorapade bt Jana Deshpande 21-13, 21-16; Thea Sheth bt Kalika Redkar 21-0, 21-3; Juie Parab bt Saanchi Santi 21-18, 21-14; Risha Parab bt Saee Deo 21-5, 21-5.
Girl’s U-17 singles (round-16): Risha Nandiwdekar bt Ditya Wadhwani 21-6, 21-9; Anvi Kakade bt Mithila Shinde 21-10, 14-21, 23-21; Ananya Katdare bt Mahika Vardhan 21-3, 21-4; Nidhi Mohile W/o Riva Jhaveri; Ananya Shah bt Thea Sheth 21-13, 21-18; Devanshi Shinde bt Juie Parab 21-9, 21-18; 2-Riya Vinherkar bt Akhila Meka 21-4, 21-1.
Boys’ U-11 singles (round-16): Aadiraj Shetty bt Akul Thotad 21-3, 21-4; Aarav Agrawal bt Vedaan Gupta 22-20, 21-11; Vivaan Ambili bt Vihaan Pradhan 21-11, 21-7; Ishaan Jain bt Vihaan Saxena 21-17, 24-22; Ariv Jain bt Arjun Jain 21-17, 21-19; Smit Surve bt Aarav Patil 21-19, 21-6; Vivaan Waingankar bt Shivansh Sanghvi 21-4, 21-3; Kaveer Mehta bt Adnan Alibhai 21-2, 21-2.