Rudraniraje upsets top seed Khyati

 

 

PUNE’S Rudraniraje Nimbalkar shocked top seed and city-mate Khyati Katre in their girls singles Round of 16 of the YonexSunrise GH Raisoni Memorial Maharashtra Sub-Junior (Under-15 & Under-17) State Selection Badminton Tournament on Tuesday. The event is being held at twin venues — Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy, Besa-Pipla Road and Achievers Badminton Academy, near Podar International School, Besa. In their U-15 match, Rudraniraje lost the extended first game 14-16 but bounced back to level the scores at one game all by taking the second game 15-11. In the thrilling decider, Rudraniraje kept her cool at crucial points to claim it 16-14 and a place in the quarter-finals. In the same category, Swara Morye of Pune defeated Nagpur’s 6th seed Shreeja Wankhede 15-9, 16-14 in straight games. However, fourth seed Nagpur shuttler Vaishnavi Manglekar beat Tiann Castellino of Mumbai Upnagar 15-10, 15-7. GM’s Anvisha Ghorpade got the better of city’s Harshika Sharma in three games 12-15, 15-9, 15-8. Nagpur’s duo of Sara Peshkar and Sharayu Rewaskar also stunned second seeded Pune pair of Shipra Kadam andVenisha Kolhe 15-8, 15-9 in straight games in their girls doubles U-15 R16 match.

 

All the quarter-finals and semi-finals will be played on Wednesday. The tournament is being organised by Nagpur District Badminton Association under the auspices of the Maharashtra Badminton Association. TOP RESULTS BS U-15 R16: Vishvajit Thavil (1), NSK, bt Vihaan Kolhade, PN, 15-9, 15-10; Pragnay Shinde (8), PAL, bt Anay Ekbote, PN, 13-15, 16-14, 15-9; Yash More, PAR, bt Hemraj Lawange, JAL, 12-15, 15-13, 15-11. GD U-15 R16: Sanvi Ghate, NGP, and Sharvari Survase, PN, bt Khyati Katre, PN, andVidhi Saini, AHM, 15-12, 14- 16, 15-13; Aaradhya Hedaoo and Dhriti Mehta, NGP, bt Ashreya Zodey and Deeksha Zode, WAR, 15-4, 15-9. XD U-15 R16: Khush Thakre and Anushree Nayse, NGP, bt Naitik Joshi and Ira Kapila, PN, 8-15, 16-14, 15-11; Mayank Rajput, TH, and Sanvi Ghate, NGP, bt Zeeshan Khan, NGP, and Tejasvi Bhutada, PN,16-14, 15-11; Aadit Yengereddyand Mukta Nagapurkar, AUR, btKapish Kolhe and NirajaKulkarni, NGP, 11-15, 15-8, 15-13. BS U-17 R32: Sachet Tripathy(1), PN, bt Hridaan Padve, PN,15-13, 15-13; Harshit Mahimkar(9), GM, bt Maurya Khandelwal,NGP, 15-3, 15-8; Arnav Palshikar(7), NGP bt Devrat Khandekar,AMR, 15-9, 15-5; Sairaj Nayse,NGP, bt Akshat Raisurana, GM,15-9, 10-15, 20-18; Rutva Sajwan,NGP, bt Pragnay Shinde, PAL,15-9, 15-5. BD U-17 R32: SairajNayse, NGP, and Satya Chauhan,BAMU, bt Eshaan Lagu andShreyas Maslekar, PN, 15-12, 19-17; Sayaji Shelar, PN, and UdayanDeshmukh, AUR, bt AryanChavan and Shreyas Sahu (2),NGP, 15-9, 15-8. GD U-17 R16:Ditisha Somkuwar and FizzaAkbani, NGP, bt AnanyaDeshpande and NinoshkaDeodikar, PN, 15-13, 15-9;Aayushi Nirwan, BOR, andManasvi Chauhan, TH, btMaousami Likhar and UnnatiGiri, NGP, 15-8, 15-8; GathaSuryawanshi, BOR, and PranjalShinde, PAL, bt Niraja Kulkarniand Sharvaree Ganar, NGP,15-5, 15-5.