Nagpur shuttlers shine in Maharashtra state junior badminton tournament

NAGPUR: City shuttlers excelled in the Premalatai Chavan Memorial Maharashtra Junior State Selection Badminton tournament at Karad on Monday.
Fifth seed Sourabh Kerhalkar thumped Siddhesh Deshmukh 21-14 to storm into the U-19 boys singles quarterfinal. The 15-year old will now take on fourth seed Aniruddha Mayekar for a spot in the semifinal on Tuesday.
In the U-17 boys doubles quarterfinal, second seeds Sourabh and Deep Rambhiya (Thane) will clash with Nihar Thacker and Pratik Tiwari.
Rashi Lambe also entered the quarters in the U-17 girls singles and doubles with her Thane partner Sai Gulhane.
Ritika Thaker too made it to the last eight in the U-17 and U-19 girls doubles. Earlier in the day, unseeded Ritika had knocked out third seed Pooja Devlekar of Mumbai 21-14 but lost the pre-quarters against Smit Toshniwal of Nashik.
Second seed Mrunmayi Saoji sailed into the U-19 girls singles quarters. In the mixed doubles, the pair of Mrunmayi and Pauras Kulkarni advanced.
Results:
U-17 boys singles (Round 3): Gaurav Mithe bt Prathamesh Baldere 21-13; Sourabh Kerhalkar bt Divij Shah 21-15. (Round 4) Gaurav Mithe lost to 7-Atharv Churi 18-21; Sourabh Kerhalkar lost to 2-Sai Dinesh Reddy 19-21.
U-19 boys singles (Round 3): 5-Sourabh Kerhalkar bt Angad Matharu 21-11; Gaurav Mithe lost to 1-Arya Bhivpathaki 11-21; Samarjit Panday lost to Prasanjit Shirodkar 8-21. (Round 4) 5-Sourabh Kerhalkar bt Siddhesh Deshmukh 21-14.
U-17 boys doubles (Round 2): 1-Sourabh Kerhalkar-Deep Rambhiya bt Parikshit Sohani-Yash Zanwar 21-9; Angad Matharu-Samarjit Panday lost to 3-Ajinkya Patharkar- Akshan Shetty 11-21.
U-19 boys doubles (Round 2): Divij Shah-Gandhar Nawale lost to 4-Deep Rambhiya-Prasanjit Shirodkar 12-21.
U-17 girls singles (Round 3): 6-Mugdha Agrey bt Rutuja Shelke 21-0; Malvika Bansod bt Mrunal Upadhye 21-9; 8-Nayan Thakre bt Rudra Rane 21-19; 7-Rashi Lambe bt Amarja Kulkarni 21-12; Ritika Thaker bt Jhanvi Pandey 21-10. (Round 4): 7-Rashi Lambe bt Siddhi Jadhav 21-19; 6-Mugdha Agrey lost to Tanishka Deshpande 20-21; Malvika Bansod lost to Smit Toshniwal 17-21; 8-Nayan Thakre lost to Gauri Kulkarni 16-21; Ritika Thaker lost to 2-Purva Barve 14-21.
U-19 girls singles (Round 3): Ritika Thaker bt 3-Pooja Devlekar 21-14; 6-Mugdha Agrey bt Radha Mujumdar 21-16; 2-Mrunmayi Saoji bt Vrushali Bora 21-5; Malvika Bansod lost to 8-Purva Barve 19-21. (Round 4): 2-Mrunmayi Saoji bt Kareena Madan 21-13; 6-Mugdha Agrey lost to Riya Arolkar 15-21; Ritika Thaker lost to Smit Toshniwal 15-21.