Aman Pawar after an indifferent start, fought back to beat Gaurav Kumar 30-29 to storm into boys under-19 pre-quarterfinals in the Mumbai District badminton selection tournament, hosted by Goregaon Sports Club at their courts here today.
Aman Pawar
Aman rallied midway as from 3-8 he jumped to 19-14 lead only to see Gaurav fighting back tellingly and from 25-27, he was on match point. But Aman was unrelenting and made it 29-all before he clinched the tie 30-29.
In other closely contested matches, Kevin Shah overpowered Satyashil , who ulkarni 30-29, so too, Aaayush Gupta pipped Gaurav Pal at the post (30-29) with yet another thrilling tie. Ansha Mehta got the better of Arnav Bhosal 30-28 to move into last 16.
Dhruv Oza
In the boys under-17, Dhruv Oza used power and deceptive strokes to outwit Aman Verma in the boys under-17singles..
Samriddhi Kshatriya , the girls under-17 top seed had to produce her best before she quelled the challenge of Nidhi Chauhan 30-24 to sail into quarterfinals.
Results: GIRLS U-17 SINGLES (Pre-quarterfinals): Samriddhi Kshatriya bt Nidhi Chauhan 30-24: Paakhi Vashistha bt Angela Lasrado 30-15; Anamika Singh bt Sakshi Poojari 30-1; Gauri Kadam bt Aikyada Gurav 30-19; Aalisha Naik bt Anushka Kuchimanchi 30-1; Saanvi Mukadam bt Nidhi Dave 30-26; Nandika Raghav bt Mahi Sarashetty 30-9: (2)- Mahek Nayak bt Rida Shaikh 30-8.
GIRLS U-19 SINGLES (Pre-quarterfinals): Nakshatra Hanchate bt Vaidehi Mohite 30-21; Deekshikha Hardasani bt Kavya Shanker 30-11;Anuksha Kuchimanchi btPokarna P. 30-12; SaanviMukadam bt Shraddha Hakke 30-10.
Boys’s U-19 singles (Round of 32): Aman Pawar bt Gaurav Kuymar 30-29; Kavan Modi bt Varun Baghel 30-22;Swastik Devalekatbt Tanmay Shinde bt 30-20; Tejas Prabhudesai bt Mihir Ranade 30-17;Kevin Shah bt Satyashil Kulkarni 30-29; Aman Verma bt Kartik C. 30-12; Aayush Gupta bt Gaurav Pal 30-29; Laksha Chauhan bt Krishna Bhattad 30-15; Yash Pawar bt Nimish Morya 30-18; Saransh bt Gajbhiye 30-29; Saheel D’Souza Tejas Prabhudesai 30-24.