Rohan, Sifat, Sudhanshu in state badminton pre-quarters

NAGPUR: Top seed Rohan Gurbani along with three other city shuttlers advanced to the U-13 boys singles pre-quarterfinals of the second Maharashtra Sub-Junior State Selection Badminton tournament at Ratnagiri on Monday.
Reigning state U-13 boys singles champion Rohan thumped Suyash Khadke in straight games in the round of 32. Also advanced to the last 16 were Sudhanshu Bhure, Jaskaran Suri and Sifat Arora.
However, Kirtesh Chaudhari went down fighting against Pratik Dharmadhikari.
In the U-15 girls singles, second seed Ritika Thaker, Malvika Bansod and Rashi Lambe booked their place in the last 32.
RESULTS
U-13 boys singles (Round of 32): 1-Rohan Gurbani bt Suyash Khadke 15-11, 15-8; Sifat Arora bt Aneesh Divekar 15-4, 15-9; Jaskaran Suri bt Aniket Dekate 15-4, 15-8; Kirtesh Chaudhari lost to Pratik Dharmadhikari 10-15, 13-15; Sudhanshu Bhure bt Aayush Khandekar 15-4, 15-8.
U-13 girls singles (Round of 64): Livia Fernandes bt Riya Habbu 13-15, 15-11, 15-13; Arya Anchalwar w/o Harshada Gawade; Ashani Joshi bt Urvi Thakurdesai 6-15, 15-14, 15-13.
U-15 boys singles (Round of 64): Jaskaran Suri lost to Soham Patil 10-15, 9-15; Shriniwas Saoji lost to Atharva Belhekar 15-12, 9-15, 12-15; Sifat Arora bt Vedang Diwanji 15-7, 15-14; Gaurav Mithe bt Hrushikesh Karmarkar 15-6, 15-5; Samarjeet Pandey bt Tanay Patankar 15-9, 15-10; Rohan Gurbani w/o Athava Thakur; Sudhanshu Bhure bt Govind Mane 15-9, 15-8; Kartikeya Bhotmange lost to Sarvesh Kuberkar 7-15, 4-15.
U-15 girls singles (Round of 64): 2-Ritika Thaker bt Aashu Khatale 15-9, 15-7; Malvika Bansod bt Divya Hegde 15-7, 15-3; Arya Anchalwar lost to Anagha Karandikar 11-15, 11-15; Rashi Lambe bt Riya Habbu 15-8, 15-8; Livia Fernandes lost to Vaishnavi Sahastrabudhe 8-15, 3-15.