THE Yonex-Sunrise GH Raisoni Memorial Nagpur District Winter Amateur & Nagpur District Masters Badminton Tournament got underway at Subhedar Hall on Thursday. In close matches on opening day, Swastik Moharana pipped Aayansh Telang 12-15, 15-12, 16-14; Praniti Rathod beat Advika Sagar Bale 11-15, 15-7, 15-13 while Vaibhav Tiwari defeated Satyam Singh 15-6, 10-15, 15-2. A total of 153 matches were played. At the outset, Dr Sambhaji Bhosale inaugurated the meet. Dr Mrunalini Naik, NDBA Secretary Mangesh Kashikar, Anant Apte, Gurdeep Singh Arora and Vinayak Manglurkar were present. On the occasion, city’s first international shuttler CD ‘Baba’ Deoras, who passed away on Wednesday, was remembered.