NAGPUR shuttler Nehal Gosavi entered twin finals but finished as runners-up in both women’s and mixed doubles at the YonexSunrise Maharashtra 2nd Senior State Selection Badminton Tournament that concluded recently. The five-day tournament was hosted at Yeshwant College Sports Complex, Behind Govt Rest House, Devgiri, Nanded. Nehal and her Thane partner Anagha Karandikar had tough run on their way to the women’s doubles final. The top seeded pair was test in the quarter-finals and the semi-finals both of which went to the wire. Nehal-Anagha managed to beat Mansita Mohapatra and Sara Salunke 15-7, 13-15, 15-12 and then in the last-four match, they defeated Hrissha Dubey and Purva Barve 15-11, 11-15, 15-5. The duo ran out of luck in the summit clash and went down tamely to the combination of Rucha Sawant and Siya Singh in straight games 4-15, 10-15. In the mixed doubles, Nehal and Thane’s Sarvesh Yadav had a smooth run till the final as they did not drop a single game in the four matches.

 

In Round of 32 match, third seeds Nehal-Sarvesh got the better of Manav Sanjekar and Anushka Vidhate 15-11, 15-10. They were clinical in their win over Krishna Jasuja and Nandini Bhargava 15-4, 15-13 in Round of 16. In the quarter-final, NehalSarvesh beat Sanidhya Ekade and Yutika Chavan 15-10, 15-8 and in the semis, they beat Soham Phatak and Aditi Gawade 15-8, 16-14. In the final, Nehal and Anagha were on opposite sides of the net and the latter won the battle after losing the first game. Partnering Aman Farogh Sanjay, Anagha defeated NehalSarvesh in three games 13-15, 15-11, 15-10. Nehal was congratulated by Arun Lakhani (President, MBA), Kundatai Vijaykar (President, NDBA), Mangesh Kashikar (Sr Vice-President, MBA & Secretary, NDBA), Anand Sancheti, Amit Bajaj, Shriram Purohit (V icePresidents, NDBA), BhavanaAgrey (J oint Secretary, NDBA), Anant Apte (Secretary–Tournaments & Events), Madhavi Kashikar Hedaoo (Secretary –Coaching), Gurdeep Singh Arora, Neha Gosavi, Nikhil Rokde, Ashwin Harkare (ExecutiveCommittee Members), BhaveshDeshmukh and SnehaFaizpurkar (Co-opt Members).