Bhatoye, Suri move into semis; Risha enters Girls’ U-13 final


The top two seeds Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye and Taarini Suri strolled into the Women’s singles semi-finals of the CCI-GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2023, and played at the CCI badminton courts on Tuesday.

Risha Parab

The number one seed Bhatoye eased past Krisha Shah winning in straight games at 21-5, 21-7, while second seed Suri also enjoyed smooth sailing defeating Saanchi Santi 21-4, 21-7 in one-sided quarter-final encounters. Third seed Anagha Karandikar also advanced to the semi-final recording a 21-8, 21-16 win against Kareena Madan. However, fourth seed Samiaa Shah was not as fortunate as she bowed out losing to unseeded Shivani Herlekar 18-21, 15-21.

Meanwhile, Risha Parab of Podar International ICSE School, Santacruz, showed tremendous fighting qualities and played with plenty of resilience to overcome Anvisha Ghorapade winning in three games at 21-14, 17-21 and 21-12 in the Girls’ Under-13 semi-final match. In the final Risha will clash with Imaan Motorwala who did well to get the better of Sarathaa Chidambaram in straight games at 21-16, 23-21.

The 12-year-old Risha almost reached her second final, but fell short losing to the more experienced Thea Sheth in three well-contested games at 21-12, 13-21 and 15-21 in the Girl’s Under-15 semi-finals. In the second last four match, Fancied Riya Vinherkar breezed past Anvi Kakade registering a quick 21-1, 21-7 victory.

Later, in Men’s singles quarter-final matches, seasoned campaigner Nigel D’Sa tamed third seed Ruturaj Rathod winning in two games at 21-13, 21-16 and Shubham Pal outplayed second seed Yash Tiwari cruising to a 21-5, 21-9 victory.

Results – Girls’ U-11 singles – semi-finals: Aanya Iyer bt Viana Borana 17-21, 21-18, 21-19; Insiyah Tilawadwala Bt Swara Sachin Shende 21-19, 21-16.

Girls’ U-13 singles – semi-finals: Risha Parab bt Anvisha Ghorapade 21-14, 17-21, 21-12; Imaan Motorwala bt Sarathaa Chidambaram 21-16, 23-21.

Girls’ U-15 singles – semi-finals: Riya Vinherkar bt Anvi Kakade 21-1, 21-7; Thea Sheth bt Risha Parab 12-21, 21-13, 21-15.

Boys’ U-11 singles – semi-finals: Kaveer Mehta bt Ariv Jain 21-7, 21-4; Aadiraj Shetty bt Vivaan Sandeep Ambili 21-5, 21-12.

Boys’ U-13 singles – quarter-finals: Kaveer Mehta bt Hussain Sayed 21-10, 21-11; Aarush Mittal bt Rahil More 21-14, 21-4; Ruhaan Bhatia bt Aaditya Verma 21-8, 21-13; Abeer Siddique bt Aadiraj Shetty 21-17, 21-18.

Boys’ U-19 singles – quarter-finals: 1-Piyush Kamble bt Adyant Gupta 21-8, 21-3; 3-Harshit Mahimkar bt Anay Pingulkar 21-6, 21-10; 4-Sahil Gurbuxani bt Kanishq Gurram 21-19, 21-19; 2-Pranav Kamble bt Angad Tathgir 21-6, 21-7.

Women’s singles – quarter-finals: 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Krisha Shah 21-5, 21-7; 3-Anagha Karandikar bt Kareena Madan 21-8, 21-16; Shivani Herlekar bt 4-Samiaa Shah 21-18, 21-15; 2-Taarini Suri bt Saanchi Santi 21-4, 21-7.

Men’s singles – quarter-finals: Nigel D’Sa bt 3-Ruturaj Rathod 21-13, 21-16; Pranav Kamble bt 4-Ameya Nakashe 21-8, 13-6 (Retired); Manjunath Chavan bt Aaryavardhan Jadhav 21-9, 21-10; Shubham Pal bt 2-Yash Tiwari 21-5, 21-9.