Pune’s top two seeds Kapur, Shah advance


Nandu Natekar State Badminton Championship 2024

Top seed Varun Kapur (Pune) bt Krishna Singh (Nagpur) 21-14, 21-16 in a men’s singles round-64 match of the Yonex Sunrise Shri Nandu Natekar Memorial Maharashtra State Senior Inter District (Team) and State Badminton Championship 2024, conducted under the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) and Badminton Association for Mumbai Upanagar (BAMU) and played at the Goregaon Sports Club on Wednesday.

Second seed Yash Shah (Pune) enjoyed smooth sailing and defeated Aditya Saji (Raigad) 21-7, 21-9 to advance to the round of 32.

The number one seed Saad Dharmadhikari (Pune) bt Vedika Kulkarni (Greater Mumbai) 21-9, 21-13 in the women’s round-32 match

Second seed Shruti Mundada (Pune) also progressed to the pre-quarter by getting the better of Saanvi Mukadam (Thane) 21-12, 21-7.

Results – 

Women singles (round 32): 1-Saad Dharmadhikari bt Vedika Kulkarni 21-9, 21-13;

Prerana Alvekar bt Arpita Ardey 21-16, 21-13;

Mrunmayee Deshpande bt Shreya Bhosale 21-15, 21-7;

Prakriti Sharma bt Madhumita Narayan 17-21, 21-17, 21-7;

Ananya Gadgil bt Sanika Patankar 21-14, 18-21, 21-12;

Shalmali Sutar bt Asmita Shedge 12-21, 21-15, 21-18;

Purva Barve bt Nishika Gokhe 22-24, 21-11, 21-13;

Hrissha Dubey bt Gargee Degvekar 21-14, 21-13;

Sanskruti Satarkar bt Aarti Chougale 21-18, 21-4;

Aarya Korgaonkar bt Jidnyasa Chaudhari 21-15, 21-17;

Isha Patil bt Ananya Durugkar 21-11, 21-14;

Naishaa Bhatoye bt Tanishka Deshpande 23-21, 21-18;

Siya Singh bt Shivani Herlekar 21-16, 21-18;

2-Shruti Mundada bt Saanvi Mukadam 21-12, 21-7.

Men’s singles (round of 64): 1-Varun Kapur bt Krishna Singh 21-14, 21-16;

Rohit Borade bt Shravan Dudhale 21-11, 21-17;

Pratmesh Kulkarni bt Abhay Kisarwar 21-7, 21-8;

Ninad Kulkarni bt Pushkaraj Kumbhar 21-14, 21-17;

Ajay Meena bt Rishabh Gajwani 21-12, 21-12;

Nagesh Chamle bt Harsh Sharma 21-19, 21-12;

Wasim Shaikh bt Saurabh Barve 21-6, 21-11;

Yash Dhembare bt Bhawani Wagh 21-13, 21-13;

Malhar Ghadi bt Gaurav Rege 21-13, 17-21, 21-18;

Nishnat Galande bt Raghav Dhumak 21-15, 21-14;

Aunnsh Gandhi bt Shaunak Kulkarni 21-12, 22-20;

Aniket Bandgar bt Nirban Pal 21-11, 21-10;