Mumbai Suburban’s Sushant Ravva showed his fighting qualities in abundance while putting out Pune’s Aditya Rahalkar 13-15, 15-12, 15-14 in the fourth round of the boys under-15 singles of the 2nd Maharshtra State Dr Vijay Patil Sub-junior Badminton Selection Tournament, hosted by BOR (Badminton Organisation of Raigad) at DY Patil Sports Academy at Nerul here today. But there was no stopping the top seed Rohan Gurbani from Nagpur, as he virtually toyed with Punite Arya Thakore before winning the match 15-10, 15-6.
Sushant Ravva
Sushant,who is coached by Mayur Tawade, a former state badminton stalwart and captain at Chembur Gymkhana, was a bit tentative initially and let the Pune lad take control of the first game. However, stung by the loss, Sushant tightened his game, relying more on control than on aggression to take the next two games to wrap up the tie.
Fourth seeded Tanishq Saxena went through some anxious moments before he got the better of his district-mate Vikhyath Bangera 14-15, 15-8, 15-12. Vishwam Parikh gave hosts Badminton Organisation of Raigad a reason to smile as he got the better of Mumbai suburban’s Alhad joshi 15-8, 14-15, 15-8. And Pune’s Sasmit Patil, for the third day in a row, was fully stretched. He had to fight all the way before he prevailed over Mumbai Suburban’s Druv Patel 15-12, 12-15, 15-9.
Results
Boys U-15 singles (4th round): (1) Rohan Gurbani (NGP) bt Arya Thakore (PN) 15-10, 15-6; Sushant Ravva (Mum Subv) BT Aditya Rahalkar (PN) 13-15, 15-12, 15-14; (3) Rohan Thool (TH) bt Jash Bhatia (TH) 15-7, 15-10; Ameya Khond (NSK) bt Aryan Khandekar (PN) 15-9, 15-10; Vishwam Parikh (BOR) bt Alhad Joshi (MS) 15-8, 14-15, 15-8; Parth Gube (PN) bt Pratik Dharmadhikari (PN) 15-9, 15-11; Adeep Gupta (NSK) bt Parth Jategaonkar (PN) 15-11, 15-11; Sasmit Patil (PN) bt Dhruv Patel *MS) 1-12, 12-15, 15-9;(4)Tanishq Saxena (MS) bt Vikyath Bhangera (MS) 14-15, 15-8, 15-12; Sifat Arora (NGP) bt Vedant Kale (TH) 15-12, 15-14.
Girls U-15 singles (4th round): (1) Sai Nandurkar (NG) bt Niyati Bisht (TH) 15-10, 15-6; Prerna Alvekar (Kol) bt Livia Fernandez (NG) 15-12, 15-8; Janhavi Kanitkar (PN) bt Ritika Raj (BOR) 15-10, 15-6; Hrissha Dubey (GM) bt Hima bt Mukchandani (MS) 15-4, 15-7; Rucha Sawant (PN) bt (3)Arya Anchalwar (NGP) 15-10, 15-14; Urvi Thakurdesai (TH) bt Madhura Jeevanji (SOL) 15-9, 15-6.
CLOCK FOR TUESDAY
Badminton – 9 a.m. onwards – the 2nd Maharashtra State Dr Vijay Patil Sub-Junior Selection Tournament, DY Patil Sports Academy, Nerul (Navi Mumbai).