Thane’s Rohan Thool is a fighter to the core as he packed off top seeded Tanishq Saxena (15-8, 15-10) in the boys under-15 final on the final day of the Bliss Pharma-Maharashtra State Sub-junior week-end badminton tournament, held at North Indian courts at King’s Circle, here today.
All the winners of the Maharashtra State Sub-junior week-end badminton tournament pose with the chief guest, MBA president Pradeep Gandhe, MBA Hon. Secretary Sunder Shetty and GMBA president Kulin Manek along with other officials.
But top seeded Ramash Farooqui, of Nanded, proved herself far ahead of her all her rivals as she demolished each of her rivals in straight games on way to the final. In fact, even in the final, her opponent Greater Mumbai’s Rudra Rane was expected to give her fight, but then Ramash was always a step ahead of her before she triumphed 15-13, 15-14 .
The boys under-15 final, however, was quite an engrossing affair as both tried to outwit the other. It was Rohan’s control and aggressive strokes that ultimately saw him through. Tanishq, who was also top seeded in the boys under-13 singles, defeated Atharva Aras 15-9, 15-6 to justify his top ranking to win the under-13 final. So also, Greater Mumbai’s Rudra Rane, the girls under-13 top seed, who made short work of Pune’s Tara Shah 15-5, 15-10 for the under-13 title.
BAI vice-president Pradeep Gandhe, who is also the President of the State body, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes.
All the results:
Boys U-10 (semifinals): Harsh Pawar (MS) bt Sagar Patil 15-6, 15-6; Prfajjwal Sonawane (NSK) bt Prakhar Jain 15-8, 15-7. (Final): Harsh Pawar bt Prajjwal Sonawane 15-12, 4-15, 15-12.
Girls U-10 (Semifinals): Kavvya R (Th) bt Riddhi Kandoli (NSK) 15-8, 15-12; Aalisha Naik bt Parmita Mugolum 15-9, 2-15, 15-13. (Final): Kavvya R bt Aalisha Naik 13-15, 15-11, 15-9.
Boys U-13 singles (Semifinals): Atharva Aras (PN) bt Darshan Pujari (PN) q4-15, 15-4, 15-10; Tanishq Saxena (MS) bt Tanay Patankar (Th) 15-7, 15-7.(Final): Tanishq Saxena bt Atharva Aras 15-9, 15-6.
Girls U-13 (Semifinals): Tara Shah (PN) bt) bt Mihika Thatte 13-15, 15-12, 15-3; Rudra Rane (GMBA) bt Mahak Nayak 15-5, 15-3. (Final): Rudra Rane bt Tara Shah 15-5, 15-11.
Boys U-15 singles (semifinals): Tanishq Saxena bt Pranav Jain 7-15, 15-10, 15-10; Rohan Thool (TH) bt Vedant Kale 15-4,15-12. (Final): Rohan Thool bt Tanishq Saxena 15-8, 15-10.
Girls U-15 (Semifinals): Ramash Farooqui (Nand) bt Shivani Herlekar 15-6, 15-6; Rudra Rane (GMBA) Swarli Chitnis (PN 15-8, 15-8. (Final): Ramash Farooqui (Nand) bt Rudra Rane15-13, 15-14.
Men’s Veteran (+100) doubles: (Final): Yogesh Padukone/Leroy D’Sa bt Bibhash Chatterjee/Yogesh Sanghavi 15-7. 15-7.