Mumbai’s young talented badminton player Naishaa Bhatoye produced another sterling performance and registered a shock straight games win against second seed Kareena Madan in a Women’s singles 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).
Naishaa Bhatoye
The unseeded energetic 14-year-old Naishaa oozing with confidence and with steady play outshone her senior opponent Kareena to clinch a stunning 21-17, 21-5 victory in a minute short of half-an-hour, at the CCI badminton courts on Wednesday.
In other quarter-final matches, top seed Riya Arolkar defeated Shravani Panchal 21-8, 21-6, and third seed Samiaa Shah overcame Mithila Shinde 21-8, 21-9 to advance to the semi-finals. Fourth seed Anagha Karandikar recovered after losing the first game to beat Sakshi Barve 19-21, 21-11, and 21-14 and set up a meeting with Naishaa in the semi-finals.
In the men’s action, the top two three seeds, Viplav Kuvale, second seed and Yash Tiwari and third seed Viraj Kuvale won their respective quarter-final encounters to book their place in the semi-finals. Viplav Kuvale tamed Ruturaj Rathore winning 21-6, 21-8, while Yash got the better of Ameya Nakashe 21-11, 21-13 and Viraj fought back to overcome Nihar Kelkar 14-21, 21-13, 21-12. In the fourth quarter-final match, Siddhesh Raut defeated Satyasheel Kulkarni 21-10, 21-10.
Results – Women’s singles (quarter-finals): 1-Riya Arolkar beat Shravani Panchal 21-8, 21-6; 3-Samiaa Shah beat Mithila Shinde 21-8, 21-9; 4-Anagha Karandikar beat Sakshi Barve 19-21, 21-11, 21-14; Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye beat 2-Kareena Madan 21-17, 21-5.
Men’s singles (quarter-finals): 1-Viplav Kuvale beat Ruturaj Rathore 21-6, 21-8; Siddhesh Raut beat Satyasheel Kulkarni 21-10, 21-10; 3-Viraj Kuvale beat Nihar Kelkar 14-21, 21-13, 21-12; 2-Yash Tiwari beat Ameya Nakashe 21-11, 21-13.
Men’s doubles (quarter-finals): 1-Viplav Kuwale/Viraj Kuwale beat Suraj Awatramani/Tejas Ubale 21-9, 21-10; Daras Nadar/Vicky Lapasia beat Chetan Bandarkar/Somnath Sonavane 21-13, 21-15; 3-Nihar Kelkar/Siddhesh Raut beat Nikhil Mansukhani/Yameer Sanghvi 21-10, 21-14; 2-Jaidev Menon/Yash Tiwari beat Firoz Mulani/Ruturaj Rathod 19-21, 21-12, 21-18.
Mixed doubles (quarter-finals): 1-Siddhesh Aroskar /Kareena Madan beat Nikhil Mansukhani/Ishani Savant 21-8, 21-18; Viraj Kuvale/Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye beat 4-Nihar Kelkar/Shivani Herlekar 21-10, 21-17; 3-Viplav Kuvale/Riya Arolkar beat Jaidev Menon/Rima Jain 21-10, 21-11; 2-Siddhesh Raut/Anagha Karandikar beat Yash Tiwari/Samiaa Shah 23-21, 21-8.