Nikita to face Kripi in district U-10 girls singles final

NAGPUR: Top seeds in under-10 girls singles category had walk into the semifinal of the Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil Memrial District Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament on Friday.
The meet is being organised by Sports Journalists' Association on Nagpur in association with Nagpur District Badminton Association at University's Subhedar Hall.
Nikita Joseph, the top seed in the category, breezed past Arisha Khan 21-6, 21-7 to reach the last four stage.Second seed Kripi Sajwan brushed aside Sampada Raut's challenge as she won the quarterfinal match 21-16, 21-13. Titiksha Patil, seeded third, got the better of Nupoor Gajbhiye 21-15, 21-19 to make it to the semifinals.
Janhavi Umre defeated Anushka Hangalkar 21-10, 21-12 in the quarterfinal. Among the under-10 boys second seed Shaurya Shukla defeated Kaustubh Sukhadve 15-6, 15-10 to reach quarterfinal. Aditya Gadge, Saunak Choudhary, Rohit Gidwani and Anag Dixit too made it to under-10 boys singles quarterfinals.
Mohan Gaikwad, Chairman of Gaikwad Patil Group, will be the chief guest of the prize distribution function. Kunda Vijaykar, NDBA president, Sonal Khurana, SNDL business head, and noted badminton player of the country Arundhati Pantawane will be the guests of honour.
RESULTS: U-10 girls singles (QF): Nikkita Joseph bt Arisha Khan 21-6,21-7; Janhavi Umre bt Anushka Hangalkar 21-10, 21-12; Titiksha Patil bt Nupoor Gajbhiye 21-15, 21-19; Kripi Sajwan bt Sampada Raut 21-16, 21-13; U-10 boys singls (Pre-QF): Mihir Patel bt Aryan Mandavgane 15-4, 15-8; Shaurya Shukla bt Kaustubh Sukhadve 15-6, 15-10; Aditya Gadge bt Dhriw Jakhotiya 15-4, 15-7; Sanuik Chodhari bt Sahil Jalgaokar 15-8, 15-7; Rohit Gidwani bt Shreyas Navsalkar 15-4, 15-7; Anag Dixit bt Jiger Deshmukh 15-8, 15-12;U-15 girls doubles (QF): Neha Bharwani/Shaloni Johnson bt Simran Deshraj/Souna Mishra 21-6, 21-11; Anjali Shirsagar/Shriya Arora bt Ketaki Hendiwale/Radha Bapat 21-11, 21-7; Palak Thakkar/Chaitali nayse bt Divya Ramtake/tanika Dave 21-13, 21,16; Arya Anchalwar/Livia Fernadez bt Anagha Mundle/Ashani Joshi 18-21, 21-18,21-16; U-15 boys doubles: (PQF): Hriday Deshmukh/Kaiz Dhamani bt Aryan Ramtake/Kartik Prayagi 15-8,15-5; Om Ghode/Shashank Gupta bt Ashatosh Paithamkar/Pinak Vishwarupe 15-1,15-5; Rahul Bawankar/Siddhant Bawankar bt Hridaywant/Sahil Bhusari 15-5, 15-5; Divij Shah/Gandhar Nawale bt Ritik Bobade/Siddhant Parate 15-10,15-11; U-13 boys doubles (PQF): Rohan Gurbani/Sudhanshu Bhure bt Siddhant Bawankar/Yugandar Deo 15-5,15-5; Jaskaran Suri/Shrinivas Saoji bt A Agrwal/Nilay Deshpande 15-10, 15-6; Ishan Vithalka/Pranav Mohgor bt Adity Raghwani/Karan Adwani 15-3,15-4; Kanad Yerpude/Vaibhav Mino bt Rohit Gidwani/Sanvik Chandhar 15-11,15-4.U-15 girls singles (Pre-QF): Malvika Bansod bt Radha Bapat 15-7, 15-7; Anjali Shirsagar bt Ruchira Hadke 15-1,15-1; Palak Thakar bt Saee Jamdar 15-8,15-6; Ashani Joshi bt Shabni Johnson 15-5,15-10.