Ajay Meena played to his potential and despite losing the opening game, he staged a solid fight back to defeat home contender Jawad Shaikh posting a 10-15, 15-10, 15-8 win in a men’s singles second round match of the Sportzfirst-CCI & GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2024, played at the CCI Badminton courts on late Monday evening.
Ajay Meena fought back to defeat Jawad Shaikh 10-15, 15-10, 15-8 win in a men’s singles second round match of the Sportzfirst-CCI & GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2024.
Later, upcoming and talented youngsters, Anvisha Ghorpade and Rudra Gawde both, advanced to the quarter-final round in the girl’s U-15 and U-13 singles events. In the U-15 match, Anvisha charged past Aradhya Singh 15-0, 15-4 and Rudra Gawde outwitted Saanvi Dalal winning at 15-3, 15-2.
In the U-13 category, the top-seeded Anvisha defeated Aradhya Singh 15-1, 15-4 and Rudra dropped just two points in the second game to outplay Nishka Toprani 15-0, 15-2.
In an interesting men’s singles match, Pawan Singh staved off a strong challenge from Arnav Bhagat by snatching a 15-13, 7-15, 15-7 victory to advance to the third round.
Meanwhile, top seed Nigel D’Sa and second seed Aaryavardhan Jadhav easily won their respective second round matches. D’Sa defeated Manoj Patil 15-6, 15-2 and Jadhav got the better of Zaosh Irani 15-5, 15-10.
In women’s action, top seed Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye received a first round walkover from Roopali Shah, while second seed Shivani Herlekar eased past Parul Damani coasting to a 15-5, 15-3 win and move into the quarter-finals.
Results – Girls’ U-15 singles (1st round): Rudra Gawde bt Saanvi Dalal 15-3, 15-2; Shaanvi Shah bt Tvaisha Jain 15-7, 15-4; Anvisha Ghorpade bt Aradhya Singh 15-0, 15-4.
Girls U-13 singles (2nd round): 1-Anvisha Ghorpade bt Aradhya Singh 15-1, 15-4; Riddhi Bagul bt Kashvi Shah 15-1, 15-7; Tia Ugrankar bt Shanaya Shah 15-2, 15-5; Viana Borana bt Kaushiki Kanvinde 15-6, 15-11; Rudra Gawde bt Nishka Toprani 15-0, 15-2; 2-Sarathaa Devi Chidambaram bt Aarna Chandak 15-10, 15-3.
Men’s (2nd round): 1-Nigel D’Sa bt Manoj Patil 15-6, 15-2; Piyush Kamble bt Jeet Jain 15-6, 15-3; Harshit Mahimkar bt Ameya Nakashe 15-8, 15-7; Devansh Nisar bt Devansh Gupta 15-3, 15-5; Pawan Singh bt Arnav Bhagat 15-13, 7-15, 15-7; Kanishq Gurram bt Suryansha Seth 15-5, 15-5; Daras Nadar bt Saurav Ghag 15-2, 15-6; Raj More bt Soham Chavan 15-7, 15-8; Kshitij Shinde bt Sanyam Khakke 15-4, 15-5; Satyasheel Kulkarni bt Harsh Sawardekar 15-4, 15-3; Mishil Shah bt Rohit Athalye 15-8, 15-6; Jehan Daboo bt Hitesh Malhotra 15-14, 15-5; Ajay Meena bt Jawad Shaikh 10-15, 15-10, 15-8; Tilak Kanungo bt Manmohan Verma 15-5, 15-9; 2-Aaryavardhan Jadhav bt Zaosh Irani 15-5, 15-10.
Women Singles (1st round): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye W/o Roopali Shah; Sneha Mhadlekar bt Sachi Sopte 15-13, 15-14; Krisha Shah bt Shravani Panchal 13-15, 15-12, 15-13; Devanshi Shinde bt Sanjana Maharao 15-9, 15-2; Natasha Daswani bt Sonali Shetty 15-6, 15-8; Vedika Kulkarni bt Trusha Vora 15-3, 15-0; Rima Jain bt Priyanka Bagade 15-7, 15-5; 2-Shivani Herlekar