Dev-Nilay in quarters, Malvika moves up in District Badminton Championship

NAGPUR: Dev Rajesh and Nilay Deshpande entered the U-13 boys doubles quarterfinal in the Nagpur District Badminton Championship at the Subhedar Hall on Saturday.
In a one-sided pre-quarter encounter, Dev and Nilay outclassed Ayush Durgpurohit and Jai Palkar 30-14. The pair of Arav Fernendez and Namish Kasat also did not have any trouble in ousting Jayam Shah and Swaraj Atal 30-9 to book their place in the last eight.
In the U-13 boys singles, seeded players Rohan Gurbani, Sudhanshu Bhure, Kirtesh Chaudhari, Shrinivas Saoji and others advanced to the third round. Malvika Bansod, Aditi Sadhankar, Shruti Chokhandare, Ashani Joshi, Nikkita Joseph and Livia Fernandez sailed into the U-15 girls singles third round.
RESULTS
U-13 boys doubles (PQF): Lokesh Gajwani/Sarthak Pakhmode bt Aditya Gadge/Tanishq Borekar 30-10; Arav Fernendez/Namish Kasat bt Jayam Shah/Swaraj Atal 30-9; Ishan Vilhkar/Sudhansh Chinthray bt Krishma Chinchmalatpure/Nachiket Arya 30-8; Arjun Vodital/Raghav Voditel bt Jigrr Deshmukh/Mihir Patel 30-22; Rohit Gidwani/Sanvik Chaudhari bt Ragahv Tayde/Tejas Tatwadi 30-15; Dev Rajesh/Nilay Deshpande bt Ayush Durgpurohit/Jai Palkar 30-14.
U-13 girls doubles (PQF): Aditi Sadhankar/Nikkita Joseph bt Kanak Dharmthok/Niraga Kulkarni 30-9; Aditi Tadas/Sanjana Patwardhan bt Janhavi Umre/Titiksha Patil 30-23; Grishma Bhagat/Nidhi Athilkar bt Amruta Gadekar/Ananya Durugkar 30-21.
U-15 boys singles (Round 2): Rohan Gurbani bt Kanad Yerpude 30-15; Divyansh Bhojwani bt Ragahv Vaditel 30-10; Shrinivas Saoji bt Vaibhav Kapuskar 30-4; Rahul Marnaware bt Sarang Walke 30-11; Abhiram Sahasrabhojanee bt Priyanshu Ramkhod 30-0; Nilay Deshpande bt Suvidhnay Tipre 30-20; Gandhar Nawale bt Nikhil Chandak 30-11; Om Ghode bt Akshat Mandavgane 30-10; Vaibhav Mithe bt Amog Dhanpalwar 30-10; Kirtesh Chaudhari bt Shantanu Bayaskar 30-15; Sifat Arora bt Sarang Chimate 30-10; Hridaywat Rathora bt Kunal Deo 30-28; Madhur Gattani bt Sahil Bhusari 30-27; Jaskaran Suri bt Pratham Choube 30-12; Yugandhar Deo bt Manas Joshi 30-10; Aditya Shiralkar bt Kartik Kashikat 30-9; Parth Thakkar bt Kaivalya Aney 30-21; Sudhanshu Bhure bt Ishan Vithalkar 30-20; Tushar Sharma bt Arav Fernendez 30-24.
U-15 girls singles (Round 2): Malvika Bansod bt Divya Ramteke 30-10; Nikkita Joseph bt Amrurta Gadekar 30-8; Amulya Lanjewar bt Siya Khole 30-20; Pavita Somani bt Devika Kavle 30-14; Anushka Jhawar bt Sajana Patwardhan 30-29; Livia Fernandez bt Farah Mirza 30-25; Aditi Sadhankar bt Grishma Bhagat 30-21; Ashani Joshi bt Isha Londhekar 30-14; Shurti Chokhandre bt Shalomi Johnson 30-18.