NAGPUR Under-17 boys and girls teams secured third positions at Yonex-Sunrise SBA Cup Maharashtra Sub-Junior (U-15 & U-17) Inter-district & State Championship that concluded in, Pune. Nagpur boys team comprised Aarav Thakre, Aditya Yaul, Devansh Thaokar and Sairaj Nayse while the girls squad consisted of Sanvi Ghate, Sara Peshkar, Vaishnavi Manglekar and Vridhi Bang. Anant Apte was the coach while Madhavi Hedaoo was team manager: After securing convincing 2-0 wins over Jalna, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Greater Mumbai to reach semi-finals, Nagpur boys went down to Raigad 0-2. Aditya lost his singles to Kritya Patel 15- 17, 15-10, 10-15 in three games while the pair of Aditya and Sairaj went down to Kritya Patel and Mayuresh Bhutki 9-15, 8-15.

 

Nagpur girls beat Satara 2-0 in prequarter-finals and pipped Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar 2-1. In the semi-final, Nagpur lost to Pune 1-2. Vaishnavi won the opening singles over Manisha Thirukonda 15-13, 15-11 but Nagpur lost the next two matches. Vaishnavi and Sanvi Ghate were defeated by Sharayu Ranjane and Soyara Shelar 9-15, 10-15 and then lost to Kyra Raina 10-15, 7-15. All the team members were congratulated by Arun Lakhani (President, MBA), Kundatai Vijaykar (President, NDBA), Mangesh Kashikar (Sr Vice-President, MBA & Secretary, NDBA), Anand Sancheti, Amit Bajaj, Shriram Purohit (VicePresidents, NDBA), Bhavana Agrey (Joint Secretary, NDBA), Anant Apte (Secretary – Tournaments & Events), Madhavi Kashikar Hedaoo (Secretary – Coaching), Gurdeep Singh Arora, Neha Gosavi, Nikhil Rokde, Ashwin Harkare (Executive Committee Members), Bhavesh Deshmukh and Sneha Faizpurkar (Coopt Members). Nagpur teams with staff members.