NAGPUR men and women teams recorded convincing wins in the Yonex-Sunrise Bhonsle and Natekar Memorial Sr State Badminton Championship that got under way in Satara on Tuesday. While third seeded men drubbed Solapur 3-0, top seeds Nagpur women blanked Ahmednagar 2-0 in their respective Round of 16 matches. Nagpur men’s team comprise Ajinkya Patharkar, Arnav Nimbalkar, JeevaPillai, Ojas Gedam, Pranay Gadewar, Rohan Singh, Sairaj Nayse.Nagpur women’s team consist of Ditisha Somkuwar, Nehal Gosavi, Nishika Gokhe, Kripi Sajwan.

 

Team coach cum manager: Gaurav Narnaware. Team quarter-finals and semifinals will be played on Wednesday. RESULT Men: Rohan Singh beat Utkarsh Shilwant 17-15, 15-12; Ojas Gedam beat Rajvardhan Valsangkar 15-11, 15-8; Ajinkya Patharkar-Ojas Gedam beat Anand Musale-Rahul Tiwadi 15- 10,15-10.

 

Women : NishikaGokhe beat Bhavya Rasal 15-4, 15-1; Kripi Sajwan-Nehal Gosavi beat SayaliMane-ShraddhaMalik15- 6, 15-2.