MBL Shuttlers topped the point table with six wins and a loss to strong favourite SAI Shuttlers (2-3) in their concluding tie of the 8-team 5th MCF-Badminton Premier League, at Mandpeshwar Civic Federation’s courts here today. The table-topper now will face second-placed Badminton Snippers with the winner going straight into the final, while loser will take on the winner of the third placed (SAI Shuttlers) and fourth placed –placed (SENSEO Smashers) before making the title round.
Both Lalita Katre- led SAI Shuttlers and Sushant Niddodi’s SENSEO Smashers finished with identical 4-3 record, but since SAI had defeated the SENSEO outfit, they were placed third.
Results MBL Shuttlers bt Badminton Snippers 4-1: OPEN SINGLES: Gautam Shetty bt Sanjay Khetan 21-9, 18-21, 21-16. OPEN DOUBLES (1): Anup Nerurkar/Aakash Wagh bt Prashant Saraf/Sherryl George 16-21, 22-20,21-15. MIXED DOUBLES: Deepasha Kapadia/Jiffin Thazhath lost to Shreya Madan/Kalpesh Ashar19-21, 11-21. OPEN DOUBLES (Vet): Ajay Tantri/Rajendra Sapre bt Paresh Thakkar/Sherryl George 21-19, 19-21,21-17.
SAI Shuttlers bt MBL Shuttlers 3-2: MIXED DOUBLES: LalitaKatre/Jash Bhatt bt Deepasha Kapadia 15-5,15-8. OPEN SINGLES:Jash Bhatt bt Amol Joshi 15-10, 15-11.OPEN DOUBLES (1): Rupesh Katrodia/Deep Udeshi lost to Aakash Wagh/Anup Nerurkar 8-15, 14-15. OPEN DOUBLES (Vet): Sanjay Shah/Vikas Shetty bt Ajay Tantri/Rajendra Sapre 15-11, 13-15, 15-11. .OPEN DOUBLES (2): Saurabh Salgaonkar/Hitesh Shah lost to Gautam Shetty/Anup Nerurkar 14-15, 7-15.