WOMEN’S top seed Nehal Gosavi survived scare from youngster Nishika Gokhe to move into singles semis in the Yonex Sunrise Nagpur District Badminton Championship under way at Dhanwate National College, on Wednesday.

Nehal started well to take the opening game 15-7 but Nishika, who entered final of three events in the just-concluded Maharashtra Sub-Junior State Selection Tournament in Pune, fought back to level the score 1-1 bagging the second game 15-12. In the see-saw decider that went the distance, the better ranked player prevailed 15-13.

 

Sophia Simon, Shourya Madavi and Ridheema Sarpate completed the women’s singles semi-final line-up. Top Results: WS QF: Sophia Simon bt Pinak Rokde 15-11, 15-12; Shourya Madavi bt Aishwarya Pimpalapure 15-6, 15-8; Ridheema Sarpate bt Ananya Durugkar 15-11, 12-15, 15-9. XD 35 SF: Piyush Makhe and Anjali Kale bt Sunil Chandnani and Manisha Bhawatkar 21-14, 21-13; Pinaki Mukherjee and Swati Khandekar (2) bt Rajendra Yadav and Manjiri Dhok 21-15, 12-21, 21-10. MD 40 SF: Ashish Khedikar and Jayendra Dhole bt Ashish Kumbhare and Vishal Chauragade 21-13, 21-12; Kiran Bhonde and Shrikant Gotmare bt Jitesh Sedani and Sachin Gulati 21-14, 17-21, 21-13. BD U19 QF: Aaryan Sadhankar and Amay Makode bt Jairam Dakua and Subhojeet Roy 15-0, 15-2. Ranjan Ramani and Sohamm Kewalramani bt Aarunikumar Aparajit and Om Jawale 15-3, 15-7; Aditya Kannamwar and Akshat Paturkar bt Chirag Mulchandani and Rahul Mulchandani 15-7, 15-6; Chunharmeet Sokhi and Sanvik Chaudhari bt Aditya Khandal and Rudransh Thakre 15-7, 15-10.