Krisha Shah and Sukhada Gulhane had to work hard for their first round wins in the girls under-17 singles matches of the Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2019, organized by the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association and hosted by the cricket Club of India and played at the club’s badminton courts on Monday.
In the opening encounter Shah had to bring out her best to overcome Ritika Kshatriya in two tough games at 15-12, 15-10, Gulhane staved off the spirited fight from Riya Choudhary to snatch a 15-10, 15-10 win and advance to the second round.
In a women’s singles first round encounter, Arpita Jhaveri defeated Urvashi Thapa 15-11, 15-7.
In a keenly contested girls’ under-13 singles match, Zahra Motorwala and Saanchi Santi were engaged in a grim battle for supremacy before the former managed to pull through winning in three exciting games at 15-8, 10-15, 15-13.
Results –
Girls’ U-13 singles (first round): Benaifer J Katrak beat Neerja Padhye 15-7 15-3; Ritu Shah beat Mahiya Bisen 15-13 15-12; Labha Marathe beat Tanisha Kambali 15-7 15-3; Riya Vinherkar beat Parnika Chaubal 15-4 15-2; Tanvi Adivarekar beat Fatema Bahrainwala 15-9 14-15 15-12; Ananya Shah beat Ketaki Kamat 15-2 15-1; Ananya Nanda beat Ananya Yelave 15-5 15-9; Zahra Motorwala beat Saanchi Santi 15-8 10-15 15-13; Uditi Joshi beat Shloka Chugani 15-9 15-9; Riya Kanolkar beat Vritika Daga 15-7 15-5; Jana Deshpande beat Inaaya Vasanwala 15-12 15-11.
Boys’ U-13 singles (first round): Yash Pawar beat Taizun Bootwala 15-6 15-9; Dheer Varma beat Idris Patrawala 15-2 15-6; Aryan P Sikhi beat Nishkarsh Kabra 15-4 15-3; Aarav Lamb beat Vedant Kadam 15-2 15-6; Dhananjay Ghatode beat Himanshu Kothari 15-8 15-6.
Girl’s U-17 singles (first round): Stuti Gala beat Himangi Parekh 15-9 15-11; Krisha Shah beat Ritika Kshatriya 15-12 15-10; Sukhada Gulhane beat Riya Choudhary 15-10 15-10; Dia beat Simoni Jain 15-7 15-11.
Boys’ U-17 singles (first round): Vedant Shrivastava beat Divit Kothari 15-2 15-2; Vedant Sawant beat Gaurang Shirishkar 15-7 15-7; Rohit Sundaram beat Kapish 15-10 15-9; Aryan Patel beat Shams Baria 15-6 15-11; Pranav Kamble beat Rahul Gala 15-6 15-7; Jainam Bohra beat Anuraag Kabra 15-6 15-4.
Women’s singles (first round): Komal Chalke beat Divya Jha 15-7 15-5; Anagha Karandikar beat Madhura Manohar 15-10 15-2; Rajvi Sampat beat Nithya Nayak 15-2 15-4; Riya Arolkar beat Vaibhavi Chaudhary 15-1 15-4; Arpita Jhaveri beat Urvashi Thapa 15-11 15-7.