Pooja Kachare and Samiaa Shah, both produced strong impressive performances and scored comprehensive wins in their respective Girls’ under-19 singles and Women’s singles pre-quarter-final matches of the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018, jointly organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GBMA).
Samiaa Shah
The second-seeded Pooja conceded just five points in coasting to a facile 15-3, 15-2 win against Vaishnavi Shete in a lop-sided Girls’ under-19 match, at the CCI Badminton courts. Meanwhile, Samiaa packed too much power for Shreya Dedhia and charged to a comfortable 15-1, 15-5 victory to seal her place in the Girls’ quarter-finals.
Later, both Pooja and Samiaa tasted more success by winning their Women’s singles encounters. Producing another steady display, Pooja defeated Sayali Parab 15-6, 15-7, while Samiaa for the second time clashed with Shreya Dedhia and she once again stamped her superiority by charging to a 15-3, 15-1 victory in quick time to advance to the quarter-finals.
In Boys under-19 second round matches, Raj More had to work hard to overcome Dhruv Arolkar 15-9, 15-11, while Ameya Nakashe had things much his own way and eased past Jinesh Jain, winning at 15-2, 15-3 to reach the round of 16. Meanwhile, Tyrone Pereira enjoyed an easy passage to the pre-quarter-finals as he outplayed Satej Rane 15-0, 15-2.
In Men’s action, Vilas Kuvale fought hard to overcome Abhijeet Surve 15-10, 12-15, 15-4, while Aayush Shrivastav enjoyed an easy outing brushing aside Sanjay Kumar in straight games at 15-3, 15-5.
Results –
Girls’ under-19 singles (pre-quarters): Saanvi Mardolkar bt Pranati Wadhwa 15-3, 15-12; Shivani Herlekar bt Nivedita Vinod 15-4, 15-6; Tia Mishra bt Shravani Panchal 15-9, 15-4; Saniya Shivalkar bt Komal Chalke 15-4, 15-8; Samiaa Shah bt Shreya Dedhia 15-1, 15-5; Anagha Karandikar bt Olga D’Cunha 15-5, 15-4; Pooja Kachare bt Vaishnavi Shete 15-3, 15-2.
Boys under-19 singles (round 32): Diyan Jain bt Aarya Redekar 15-12, 15-10; Anuj Kokane bt Nikunj Bhangari 15-4, 15-6; Ameya Nakashe bt Jinesh Jain 15-2, 15-3; Rururaj Rathod bt Yash Naik 15-10, 15-3; Srikant Rai bt Deval 15-5, 15-7; Rishabh Sainani bt Chetan Bandarkar 15-5, 15-4; Tyrone Pereira bt Satej Rane 15-0, 15-2; Raj More bt Dhruv Arolkar 15-9, 15-11.
Women’s singles (pre-quarters): 1-Riya Arolkar bt Arpita Jhaveri 15-8, 15-6; Vaishnavi Shete bt Archana Marya 15-8, 15-8; Samiaa Shah bt Shreya Dedhia 15-3, 15-1; Nidhi Patel bt Urvashi Thapa 15-3, 15-10; Pooja Kachare bt Sayali Parab 15-6, 15-7; Sneha Mhadlekar bt Komal Chalke 15-7, 15-13.
Men’s singles (1st round): Preshit Katdhare bt Hormuzd D. 15-9, 15-12; Justin Joseph bt Yash Gawade 15-3, 15-6; Amol Hindlekar bt Tejas More 15-10, 15-11; Pratik Tiwari bt Tejas Patel 15-3, 15-8; Vilas Kuvale bt Abhijeet Surve 15-10, 12-15, 15-4; Vikrant Kushwaha bt Srikanth Nandakumar 15-7, 15-4; Deepak Jaitly bt Madhav Vyas 15-9, 15-8; Rishabh Sainani bt Vicky Lapasia 15-12, 15-3; Aayush Shrivastav bt Sanjay Kumar 15-3, 15-5; Shubham Pal bt Joel Jeyarajan 15-6, 15-5; Siddhesh Aroskar bt Kshitij Shinde 15-6, 15-9; Daras Nadar bt Harsh Sekhsaria 15-3, 15-9; Jawad Shaikh bt Ashutosh Pednekar 15-10, 15-12; Shaivals Jhaveri bt Narendra Sawardekar 15-13, 10-15, 15-7.