Sports Reporter
Kabir Awale, Akshay Gajbhiye, Aryan Awale, Tejanshu Deshmukh were among the early round winners in the men’s singles category in the ongoing Yonex Sunrise Nagpur District Amateur Summer Badminton Tournament 2024 being played at Subhedar Hall.
Awale defeated Rudransh Thakre 15-11, 10-15, 15-12 in an exciting battle to move into round of 16.
In another match, Akshay Gajbhiye got the better of Satwik Mahajan 15-10, 15-13 while Aryan Awale beat Sujal Bagde 15-12, 15-9.
Later in the day, Tejanshu Deshmukh had no difficulty in beating Chaitanya Sharma 15-3, 15-6 and Harsh Bhongade beat Saaransh Nagrale 15-9, 16-14. Deepak Manglani ad to work out hard to beat Harshwardhan Tandulkar 15-10, 15-13 while Chiranjeet Sarkar beat Bharat Dhapodkar 15-10, 15-7.
In boys U-13 singles, Veer Chitnis, thrashed Akshansh Ganjre 15-1, 15-2 and Soham Bawiskar quelled the challenge from Pruthviraj Deshmukh 16-14, 15-7. Naman Gupta made ti light work of Dazzle Adwani with a 15-7, 15-7 victory while Advait Bobade beat Riyansh Lanjewar.
Other Results: XD R32: Nikhilesh Chandak and Nandini Chandak bt Aditya Khandal and Shekeineh Shinde 15-6, 15-8; Saaransh Nagrale and Kanak Pawar bt Kailash Pawar and Tejaswini Hinganekar 15-9, 14-16, 15-11; Abhiram Lakhe and Janhavi Bhave bt Nitin Agrey and Mrunmayee Agrey 15-8, 19-17.
BS U9 RR3: Adhirath Madankar bt Keyansh Parande 15-2, 15-2; Rishi Singh bt Ram Suraj Gajbe 15-5, 15-8.
GS U11: R32: Lawanya Dandekar bt Sharayu Chaware 15-8, 15-10; Bhumi Dapurkar got w/o Saanvi Dongarkar.
GS U15 R32: Mihika Yemde bt Anvi Dongarkar 9-15, 15-10, 15-13; Parmi Pazare bt Nidhi Lakhani 15-3, 15-7; Kritika Nagtode bt Rudrani Chakole 15-11, 15-11; Kanak Agrawal bt Aahana Madankar 15-10, 15-5; Asmi Deshmukh bt Ayushi Yadav 15-10, 15-11; Grashika Nandeshwar bt Sanavi Dhore 15-3, 15-9; Shreya Jambhulkar got w/o Swara Harde; Ananya Gandhare bt Lavanya Patil 15-6, 15-6.
GD U15 RR3: Kritika Nagtode and Saachi Dhole bt Aahana Madankar and Ananya Gandhare 15-10, 7-15, 15-9.
BS U17 R32: Sarvesh Gawande bt Raghav Manglekar 15-2, 15-1; Manthan Dunedar Shiven Adkine 15-7, 16-14; Vansh Bhongade bt Sujal Balpande 15-11, 16-18, 15-7; Adiv Soporee bt Swayam Bhutada 15-8, 15-10.