Collegian Varun Majumdar was pretty fast and aggressive against Ishan Kapur while winning his singles tie 21-11, 21-17 to steer Matunga Gymkhana to facile 2-0 win over hosts’ Bombay Gymkhana’s junior string on the opening day of the Motiram Club (for men) Inter-Club badminton tournament, hosted by Bombay Gymkhana in association with IndusInd Bank, at their badminton courts here last night. After Matunga Gymkhana was given a flying start by Akshay Pawar and Viplav Kuwale,who took the first doubles with ease, bespectacled Varun, who is still a junior, played aggressively, as he made his rival Ishan Kapoor run all over the court before wrapping up the tie.
Young Varun Mujumdar to steered Matunga Gymkhana to facile 2-0 win over hosts’ Bombay Gymkhana’s junior string on the opening day of the Motiram Club (for men) Inter-Club badminton tournament.
For PJ Hindu Gymkhana Punit Bane won singles against Rustom Modi of Bombay Gymkhana’s ‘C’ team, while their doubles pair of Shreyas Dharia & Punit Bang beat Shirish Nadkarni & Rustom Modi to enable their Gymkhana beat the hosts 2-1.
Thirty six teams, including Champions Goregaon Sports Club, will be vying for top honours. While top seede, other top men teams like Cricket Club of India, hosts Bombay Gymkhana ‘A’ and Chembur Gymkhana, too have been directly seeded into last eight. The champions GSC in fact, are also top seeded in the women’s Ullal Cup and juniors Kanji Memorial Cup as well..
Results: (Motiram Cup for men): (Round of 32):
P.J.Hindu Gym bt Bombay Gym ‘C’ 2-1: Shreyas Dharia/Punit Bang bt Shirish Nadkarni/Rustom Modi 19-21, 21-8, 21-8; Sagar Shah/Jatin Mehta lost to Mahesh Aras/F. Siddiqui 10-21, 11-21; Punit Bane bt Rostom Modi 21-9, 21-7.
Catholic Gym bt Jolly Gym ‘B’ 2-1: Vilas Kuwale/Ashutosh Pednekar bt Dhru Patel/ Kushal Thakkar 10-21, 21-15, 21-17; Tyron Pereira lost to Dhruv P 19-21, 12-21; Rajesh Karia/Kaldev Salazar bt Dushant Bhatia/Rajeev Karia 21-8, 21-15.
CCI ‘B’ bt NSCI ‘B’ 2-0: Neil Ramchandani/Jaydev Mrenon bt Yash Golecha/Sunit Kabra 21-13, 21-17; Jawad Shaikh bt Yamur Sanghvi 21-8, 21-9.
Matunga Gym bt Bombay Gym ‘B’ 2-0: Akshay Pawar/Viplav Kuwale bt Farhan/Jimmy 21-8, 21-9; Varun Majumdar bt Ishan Kapoor 21-11, 21-17. NSCI w/o Tata SC.
Khar Gym bt ‘A’ bt NSCIU ‘C’ 2-0: Abhidnya Sawant/Ajay Bhatia bt Rajendra Mehra/Raj Golcha 21-8, 21-12; Jahan Ashar bt Kayur Gandhi 21-10, 21-16.
Jolly Gym ‘A’ bt CCI ‘C’ 2-0: Karn Doshi/Yogesh Sanghvi bt Hormaz Daruwalla 21-14, 21-19; Karan Doshi bt Rustom Warden 21-19, 9-21, 21-10. MCF (Borivali) bt Parsee Gym 2-0.