Hosts Matunga Gymkhana kept their unblemished record intact with resounding 3-0 win over defending champions Andheri Sports Complex to top group ‘D’ and will, face MIG CC (Bandra), the group ‘F’ topper in the quarterfinal of the ICICI Lambard-6th Shuttlecraze Inter-Club Masters Badminton tournament hosted by Matunga Gymkhana at their air conditioned courts, here last night.
Nisha Singh from Panvel Gymkhana, who is in line for double crown –women’s as well as mixed doubles- being congratulated by Yameer Sanghvi, her mixed doubles partner at the ICICI Lambard-6th Shuttlecraze Inter-Club Masters Badminton tournament
While Goregaon Sports Club, another strong contenders, too, have made the knockout stage from group ‘C’ with commanding wins over their rivals. They thus join Bombay Gymkhana and Catholic Gymkhana, who are placed directly into quarterfinals. The toppers in group ‘B’ and ‘E’ will be decided today.
Nisha Singh, from Panvel Gymkhana put up pretty imp0ressive display, while entering the mixed and women’s doubles quarterfinals. Nisha paired with Yameer Singhvi to score an emphatic win over Dinesh Mali and Forogh Mukadam in the mixed doubles. Earlier, she and Binaffer Bharucha made short work of Reena Wadhwa and Rupali Gupta with 30-16 win.
In the day’s toughest ties in the mixed doubles, Rajesh D’Souza and Binaffer Bharucha put out Archana Singh and Mahesh Chhabria 30-27 and Arpana Singh and Vijay Singh almost upset fancied Abbas Muni and Paromita Phulwaria before losing 29-30.
Top seeded pair of Deanne Rodrigues and Neeshan Springett move into last 8 of the ICICI Lambard-6th Shuttlecraze Inter-Club Masters Badminton tournament.
Results:
Team Championships: (Group ‘A’): Jolly Gym A bt P.J.Hindu Gym 3-0; Andheri Recreation Club bt MICA (Kandivli) 3-0; Jolly Gym A bt bt MICA (Kandivli) 3-0; Andheri Recreation Club bt P.J.Hindu Gym 3-0; Jolly Gym A bt Andheri Recreation Club 3-0; MICA (Kandivli) bt P.J.Hindu Gym 3-0.
(Group ‘D’): Matunga Gym bt Andheri Sports Complex 3-0; Matunga Gym bt Sea Breeze 3-0; Sea Breeze bt Andheri Sports Complex 3-0.
Mixed doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): (1)- Ashutosh Pednekar/Naheed Divecha bt Afreen Jafree/Anindo Samajpati 30-15; (2)-Shailesh Dagga/Deanne Rodrigues bt Justin Joseph/Shikha Lamb 30-15; Rajesh D’Souza/Binaffer Bharucha bt Archana Singh/Mahesh Chhabria 30-27; Ayaz Billawalla/Neesha Springett bt Abbas Muni/Paromita Phulwaria 30-12; Yameer Sanghvi/Nisha Singh bt Dinesh Mali/Farogh Mukadam 30-13; Ajitha Ravindran/Ajay Salvi bt Ajay Jain/Nisha Dua 30-19; Manish Hadkar/Kiran Shete bt Dhirendra Mauriya/Rupali Gupta 30-16.