Fourteen-year-old schoolgirl Naishaa Bhatoye showed good temperament and crafty skills and sailed smoothly to a quick 15-2, 15-3 win against Anvi Kakade in a Women’s singles pre-quarter-final match of the CCI-GMBA District Badminton Championship, jointly organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA).
Nihar Kelkar
In the quarter-final round, Naishaa runs into second seed Kareena Madan, who easily defeated Salenaa Bhombal 15-7, 15-2. Top-seed Riya Arolkar, also enjoyed an easy outing against Akhila Meka, coasting to a 15-4, 15-5 win.
Meanwhile, in the men’s competition Nihar Kelkar and Satyasheel Kulkarni worked hard to overcome the spirited challenge from Manjunath Chavan and Daras Nadar respectively to advance into men’s singles quarter-final. In well-contested last 16 matches, Nihar held his nerves to defeat Manjunath 15-10, 13-15, and 15-13. On the side court, Satyasheel also faced a strong fight from Daras but managed to record a 15-9, 13-15, and 15-9 win.
The top two men’s seeds Viplav Kuvale and Yash Tiwari brooked little opposition from Pranav Shah and Meet Shah respectively to book their place in the last eight. The number one seed Vilpav strolled past Pranav, winning at 15-6, 15-2, while Yash prevailed over Meet registering a 15-6, 15-7 victory. Third seed Viraj Kuvale also progressed to the quarter-finals defeating Sahil Gurbuxani 15-3, 15-7.
Meanwhile in other last 16 matches, Siddhesh Raut also had a great day and eased past Srikant Rai posting a straight games 15-5, 15-9 win, while Ruturaj Rathore got the better of William Arroll scripting a 15-4, 15-12 victory. Ameya Nakashe after encountering initial resistance from Piyush Kamble went on to record a 15-14, 15-6 win to also advance to the quarter-finals.
Results – Women singles – Pre-quarter-finals: 1-Riya Arolkar beat Akhila Meka 15-4, 15-5; Shravani Panchal beat Natasha Daswani 15-2, 15-12; Mithila Shinde beat Sneha Mhadlekar 15-13, 15-4; Natasha Daswani beat Najiya Shaikh 15-2, 15-4; Naishaa Bhatoye beat Anvi Kakade 15-2, 15-3; 2-Kareena Madan beat Salenaa Bhombal 15-7, 15-2
Men’s singles – Pre-quarter-finals: 1-Viplav Kuvale beat Pranav Shah 15-6, 15-2; Satyasheel Kulkarni beat Daras Nadar 15-9, 13-15, 15-9; Siddhesh Raut beat Srikant Rai 15-5, 15-9; Ruturaj Rathore beat William Arroll 15-4, 15-12; Nihar Kelkar beat Manjunath Chavan 15-10, 13-15, 15-13; 3-Viraj Kuvale beat Sahil Gurbuxani 15-3, 15-7; Ameya Nakashe beat Piyush Kamble 15-14, 15-6; 2-Yash Tiwari beat Meet Shah 15-6, 15-7.
Women’s doubles – Quarter-finals: 1-Anagha Karandikar/Shivani Herlekar beat Anisha Mirchandani/Natasha Daswani 21-9, 21-18; 4-Kareena Madan/Rima Jain beat Sakshi Barve/Sneha Mhdalekar 21-13, 21-15; 3-Ishani Savant/Samiaa Shah beat Kavita Jain/Najiya Shaikh W/O; 2-Riya Arolkar/Shravani Panchal beat Vaishnavi More/Vanshita Chalke 21-3, 21-7.
Men’s doubles – Pre-quarter-finals: 1-Viplav Kuwale/Viraj Kuwale beat Shreyans Mehta/William Arroll 15-6, 15-4; Suraj Awatramani/Tejas Ubale beat Aryan Kadam/Sahil Shingare 15-7, 15-4; Chetan Bandarkar/Somnath Sonavane beat 4-Deepak Jaitly/Siddhesh Aroskar W/O; Daras Nadar/Vicky Lapasia beat Narendra Sawardekar/Vikas Lohakare 15-3, 15-8; Nikhil Mansukhani/Yameer Sanghvi beat Ameya Nakashe/Satyasheel Kulkarni 7-15, 15-13, 15-10; 3-Nihar Kelkar/Siddhesh Raut beat Sahil Gurbuxani/Vikrant Kushwaha 15-5, 15-7; Firoz Mulani/Ruturaj Rathod beat Jagdish Rangoli/Shiva Shankar 15-1, 5-3; 2-Jaidev Menon/Yash Tiwari beat Piyush Kamble/Sachin Bharti 15-10, 15-11.