Tyrone Pereira and Aaryavardhan Jadhav, both displayed plenty of determination and solid willpower as they fought back to win their respective matches and advance to the semi-finals of Boys under-17 singles event of the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018, jointly organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GBMA) and played at the CCI Badminton courts.
Aaryavardhan Jadhav recovered overcome favourite Ruturaj Rathod in the three games in Boys under-17 quarter-final match of the CCI-Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018.
The top-seeded Tyrone, who is carrying a thigh strain, lost the opening game to Shivam Mirke in a quarter-final encounter. But thereafter, Tyrone, gradually and steadily managed to get into his rhythm and found his range of shots as he went on to dictate terms. He comfortably won the next two games to script an 18-21, 21-10, 21-7 victory.
Aaryavardhan, also recovered strongly to get the better of favourite Ruturaj Rathod in the three games in another last eight match. Playing with plenty of resilience Aaryavardhan, who tamely lost the first game, produced a much improved performance in the following two games. He started to play with greater confidence and went flat out for the kill as he smashed his way to a deserving 11-21, 21-12, 21-10 victory.
Earlier, Aaryavardhan the second seed in the Boys’ under-15 category easily sailed past Shubhek Sidhu winning at 15-2, 15-3.
Meanwhile in Girls’ under-15 competition, top-seeded Pooja Kachare overcame Tia Mishra 21-18, 21-17 and second-seeded Shivani Herlekar got the better of Shravani Panchal 21-12, 21-13 to progress to the semi-finals.
Results – Girls’ under-10 (quarter-finals): Riya Vinherkar bt Hanna Gala 21-2, 21-1; Gotha Gaikwad bt Munira Patrawala 28-26, 21-17; Ananya Yelave bt Swarda Sawant 21-8, 21-3; Shreya Ubale bt Pari Mehta 21-8, 21-19.
Boys’ under-10 (quarter-finals): Harshit Mahimkar bt Sean Toddivala 21-16, 14-21, 21-15; Hrishikesh Vishwanathan bt Rheyas Surti 21-13, 21-7; Siddharth Nehra bt Ishaan Talati 15-5, 15-4; Adyant Gupta bt Sharad Modak 21-3, 21-6.
Girls’ under-13 (quarter-finals): 1-Taarini Suri bt Siya Dahake 21-5, 21-3; Taarushi Yadav bt Aastha Parab 21-16, 21-13; Riya Vinherkar bt Maahi Nikhil Shah 21-6, 21-5; 2-Nayshaa Batoye bt Mithila Shinde 21-4, 21-8.
Boys’ under-13 (quarter-finals): 1-Shaswat Kumar bt Ahan Niture 21-4, 21-5; Essa Motorwala bt Harmaan Maliye 19-21, 21-15, 21-14; Rohan Singh bt Parth Jani 21-19, 21-16; 2-Vajra Mainkar bt Pranav Dhawan 21-4, 21-2.
Girls’ under-15 (quarter-finals): Shachi Jukar bt Stuti Gala 21-18, 21-12; Tarini Suri bt Sanjivani Suryavanshi 21-6, 21-8; Saanvi Mardolkar bt Krisha Shah 21-5, 21-11; Nayshaa Batoye bt Aarya Kakad 21-14, 21-4.
Boys’ under-15 (pre-quarters): 1-Ruturaj Rathod bt Om Pawar 15-2, 15-3; Param Mishra bt Suryansh Sheth 11-15, 15-10, 15-11; 3-Darius Pardiwala bt Dhruv Bhatia 15-0, 15-2; Vajra Mainkar bt Rachit Oberai 15-4, 15-4; Vaishnav Pashte bt Hriday Tejura 15-13, 15-13; 4-Shaswat Kumar bt Rahul Gala 15-11, 15-12; Julian Korda bt Arnav Bhagat 15-7, 15-10; 2-Aaryavardhan Jadhav bt Shubhek Sidhu 15-2, 15-3.
Girls’ under-17 (quarter-finals): 1-Pooja Kachare bt Tia Mishra 21-18, 21-17; Aishwarya Haldankar bt Shachi Jukar 21-15, 21-13; Saee Shete bt Sakshi Shete 21-19, 21-16; 2-Shivani Herlekar bt Shravani Panchal 21-12, 21-13.
Boys’ under-17 (quarter-finals): 1-Tyrone Pereira bt Shivam Mirke 18-21, 21-10, 21-7; Darius Pardiwala bt Amod Pabrekar 21-14, 21-6; Aaryavardhan Jadhav bt Ruturaj Rathod 11-21, 21-12, 21-10; 2-Vikrant Ninave bt Diyan Jain 21-12, 21-17.
Girls’ under-19 (quarter-finals): 1- Riya Arolkar bt Saanvi Mardolkar 21-11, 21-17; Shivani Herlekar bt Tia Mishra 21-19, 24-22; Samiaa Shah bt Saniya Shivalkar 21-14, 19-21, 21-9; 2-Pooja Kachare bt Anagha Karandikar 21-17, 21-12.
Men’s singles (pre-quarters): 1-Nigel D’Sa bt Srikant Rai 15-6, 15-6; Siddhesh Raut bt Ameya Nakashe 15-13, 12-15, 15-8; 3-Mishil Shah bt Amol Hindlekar 15-6, 15-4; Jaidev Menon bt Nihar Kelkar 15-14, 9-15, 15-12; Deepak Jaitly bt Pawan Singh 15-12, 15-12; 4-Yash Tiwari bt Rishabh Sainani 15-6, 15-6; Siddhesh Aroskar bt Jawad Shaikh 15-10, 15-14; 2-Viplav Kuvale bt Somnath Sonawane 15-6, 15-6.