Top seed Aditya Yaul, Rajveer Hodda, Akshit recorded wins over their respective rivals to move up on the opening day of Shri Venkatesh Dayal Memorial Nagpur District Badminton Tournament at ADBA Sports Complex, Friends Colony, KT Nagar Garden on Saturday.
While Yaul defeated Atharva Mundhe 15-0, 15-1, Rajveer Hodda beat Himanshu Raut 15-7, 15-5 and Akshit ousted Viraj Dhole 15-3, 15-5 in boys Under-11 age category.
In girls, Aanya Malhotra, defeated Tamanna Budhraja 15-6, 15-7 while Sanvi Manapure got the beter of Sharvani Bhoot 15-3, 15-0.
Earlier, West Nagpur MLA Vikas Thakre, NDBA President Kundatai Vijaykar, Secretary Mangesh Kashikar, Laxmibai Venkatesh Dayal, Ajay Venkatesh Dayal, Anant Apte, Gurdeep Singh Arora, Raju Dayal, Sanjay Dayal inaugurated the tournament.