Top seeded lefthander Pooja Deolekar quelled the spirited challenge of unseeded Vaidehi Dilip Mohite 21-17, 21-16 to storm into the women’s singles semi finals of the Mumbai Suburban District badminton Championships, hosted by Khar Gymkhana at their courts here today.
Sharing the day’s honours with stylish Pooja was Mahak Nayak, who made the last four in both the girls under-19 as well as in the girls under-17 singles. Mahak outplayed her rival Nidhi Chauhan 21-14, 21-6 in the under-17 singles, but in the under-19 singles against Nidhi Davem, she dropped the first game before she fought back to grab the second to take the tie to the wire. Even in the decider, it was quite a tough going before she triumphed 7-21, 21-19, 23-21.
However, there were no stopping the men’s top two – Gaurav Rege and Varun Majumdar, as they just brushed aside their respective rivals without much ado on way to the last four..
Results of all the quarterfinals:
Men’s singles: (1)- Gaurav Rege bt Gaurav Manish Kumar 21-9, 21-9; Aditya Pandya bt Jagtik Nanavati 21-15, 21-9; (2)- Varun Majumdar bt Aman Pawar 21-18, 21-10; Kavan Modi w/o Purav Surymurthy.
Women’s singles: (1)- Pooja Devlekar bt Vaidehi Dilip Mohite 21-17, 21-16; Kairavi Thakore bt Bhagyalaxmi Kulkarni 21-5, 21-9; Mekhla Ambekar bt Shraddha Hakke 21-5, 21-5; (2)- Nakshatra Hanchate bt Renisha Mathias 21-8, 21-5.
Girls U-19 singles: Mekhla Ambekar bt (1) Nakshatra Hanchate 21-14, 21-18; Sanvi V M bt Gauri Kadam 20-22, 21-14, 21-13; Mahak Nayak bt Nidhi Dave 7-21, 21-19, 23-21; (2)- Anamika Singh bt Pakshi Vashishtha 21-11, 21-9.
Boys U-19 singles (1)- Sarthak Rokade bt Varun Nagdev 21-14, 21-17; Siddharth Bhuta bt Atharva Bhate 21-12, 21-10; Atharva Joshi bt Lakshya Chauhan 21-13, 21-18, Prajwal Hundekar by (2)- Dhruv Patel 21-15, 21-8.
Girls U-17 singles: (2)-Anamika Singh bt Nidhi Dave 16-21, 22-20, 21-10; Siya Singh bt (1)- Alisha Naik 21-17, 21-17; Neha Chauhan bt Reuel Pothan 21-13, 21-19; (2)- Harsh Sharma bt Sohan Pathak 21-15, 21-16.