Both Sanika Sinha and Samika Shinde in the girls under-15 singles and Samridhi Rajendran in the girls under-13 singles went through some anxious moments before they advanced into their respective girls under-15 and under-13 Quarterfinals singles on the opening day of the Mumbai District badminton selection tournament, hosted by Goregaon Sports Club at their courts here today. In a neck to neck fight, Sanika rallied to beat Anushka Bhagwat 30-29, while Samika Shinde got the better of Kashika Mahajan 30-29 in the same section.
In the girls under-13 singles,Samridhi, too, found the going tough before she fought back to score over Ananya Nair 30-29. While in the boys under-15 singles, fancied Aditya Sngh put out Vivaan Dumbre 30-26 for a place in the last eight.
Results:
Boys U-15 singles (3rd round): Archit Bavare bt Sujal Sawant 30-20; Vishnu Patil bt Maulik Haria 30-24; Kabir Barot bt Krishna Sahu 30-23; Aditya Singh bt Vivaan Dumbre 30-26;Omkar Poyarekar bt Aayan Kapade 30-27;
Girls U-15 singles (3rd round): Siya Singh bt Myuna Mhatre 30-22; Shivani Kunyil 30-25; Samika Shinde bt Kashika Mahajan 30-29; Freya Somaiya bt Friya Somaiya 30-25; Vriddhi Chaphekar bt Gautami Gokhale 30-19; Tanya Sabnis bt Antonella 30-27; Sanika Sinha bt Anushka Bhagwat 30-29.
Boys U-13 singles (3rd round): Harsh Deshpande bt Pratham Shah 30-24; Anmol Dureja bt Shim Mehta 30-22.
Girls U-13 singles (3rd round):Anuksha Jain bt Shreya Bhide 30-24; Shreya Bhat bt Tanya Sabnis 30-25; Meher Suri bt Jeannah Thakar 30-23; Samika Shinde bt Grishma Jadhav 30-20; Vedika Kulkarni bt Hia Chheda 30-20;
Samridhi Rajendran bt Ananya Nair 30-29; Aojaswini Rawat bt Vrisha Dani 30-22.