Nagpur reach Maharashtra Badminton League semis

NAGPUR: Nagpur team performed well to reach the semifinals of the third edition of Maharashtra Badminton League (MBL) at the Modern PDMBA Sports Complex, Shivaji Nagar in Pune on Sunday.
Nagpur beat Greater Mumbai and Nashik teams with an identical margin of 4-1 to book their berth in the last four.
In their inaugural tie, Nagpur had lost to hosts Pune 1-4. In the fourth league outing, Nagpur side was beaten by formidable Thane.
In their last league match on Monday, Nagpur will face strong Mumbai Suburban.
Thane won both their league matches. First Thane defeated Nagpur 4-1 and then got together to drub Greater Mumbai 5-0, while Mumbai Suburban routed Greater Mumbai 5-0.
Results:
Nagpur bt Greater Mumbai 4-1 (Pranav Lokhande bt Viplav Kuwale 21-16, 16-21, 11-10; Rasika Raje bt Farah Moolbhai 21-5, 21-6; Sameet Dandawate-Ajay Dayal bt Leroy D'Sa-Deepak Jaitely 21-19, 21-14; Gaurav Rege lost to Nigel D'Sa 10-21, 15-21; Jayendra Dhole-Vaishnavi Bhale bt Vilas Kuwale-Riya Arolkar 21-17, 21-14).
Nagpur bt Nashik 4-1 (Gaurav Rege bt Ajinkya Patil 21-16, 18-21, 11-2; Vaishnavi Bhale bt Aditi Kute 21-10, 21-8; Sameet Dandawate-Ajay Dayal bt Amit Deshpande-Chandan Jadhav 21-12, 21-11; Pranav Lokhande lost to Vinayak Dandawate 21-23, 21-19, 9-11; Rasika Raje-Jayendra Dhole bt Vaidehi Chaudhari-Vikrant Karanjkar 21-19, 21-14).
Thane bt Nagpur 4-1 (Kabir Kanzarkar bt Gaurav Rege 21-15, 21-16; Vallari Bukane lost to Vaishnavi Bhale 6-21, 3-15 (Retd); Prashant Bahatre-Eshan Naqvi bt Ajay Dayal-Jayendra Dhole 21-8, 21-13; Vignesh Devlekar bt Pranav Lokhande 21-17, 21-7; Akshay Dewalkar-Sanyogita Ghorpade bt Sameet Dandwate-Rasika Raje 21-6, 21-16).