RAHUL Parashar entered semifinals in men’s singles and moved up in doubles of the Yonex-Sunrise Nagpur District Selection Badminton Tournament in progress at Achievers Sports Club, near Podar

 

International School, Besa on Saturday. As many as 109 matches were played on the penultimate day of the tournament. In the men’s singles quarterfinal, Parashar got the better of Rohan Singh 24-22, 21-13 in straight games after a tight first extended game. Inthemen’sdoublesRound of 16,Parashar andSwayamMilind Sambhe were just too good for theduoof DevanshSinghThakur andManasRajuDambhale winning easily 15-6, 15-6. In the boys singles of

 

 Under19 age group, the quartet of Priyanshu Dubey, Sairaj Nayse, Rubal Gedam and Jeeva Pillai made it to the last-four. In the U-19 girls singles,

 

Fizza Shehbaz Akbani and Vaishnavi Santosh Manglekar booked a berth each in the semi-finals. In the longest match of the day, Mayank Sunil Mishra got the better of Nakul Ravishekhar Londhekar28-26, 20-22,21-17in the boys U-17 quarter-final.

 

All the semi-finals and finals will be played on Sunday. RESULTS XD RR1: PiyushVinod Makhe and Manisha Ashish Bhawatkar bt Akshad Mukul Vitonde and Aastha Sunil Warkad 15-8, 15-5; AdityaRavindraKaskhedikarand Janhavi HarshTiwaribt Indraneel Prakash Yemde and Mihika

 

PrakashYemdew/o.RR3:Vitonde andWarkad bt Kaskhedikar and Tiwari 15-4, 15-5; Makhe and Bhawatkar btIndraneelPrakash Yemde and Mihika Prakash Yemde w/o. BS U-9 QF: Durvank Raju Belsare bt Aarish Pradip Nimje 21-14,21-19;VihanNikhilThakre bt Kiaan Kaustubh Upadhye 21- 17, 21-15. BS U-11 QF: Pradyumn Meshram bt Shivaansh Madane 21-3, 21-3; Virat Polakhare bt Niyukt Mogare 21-8, 21-19;Viraj Dhole bt Vihan Gundawar 21-13, 21-16