Shaurya, Atika, Jigrr win thrillers in Nagpur district badminton tournament

NAGPUR: The opening day of the Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial District Sub-Junior and Junior Badminton tournament went according to the script with no upset recorded at the newly-constructed Dhanwate National College (DNC) Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.
The five-day tournament is being organized jointly by DNC and Nagpur District Badminton Association.
Although most of the matches were lop-sided, there were some exciting encounters witnessed in the first round which included three-game thrillers. Shaurya Shukla rallied back superbly to dismiss Sahil Jalgaonkar 14-15, 15-10, 15-8 in the U-13 boys singles.
In the U-13 girls singles, Atika Nayse was down match point but she regrouped herself in the nick of time to oust Aarushi Pandey 14-15, 15-14, 15-10 in 25 minutes.
Jigrr Deshmukh too displayed remarkable composure in overcoming Mohit Bhojwani 15-9, 11-15, 15-14 to enter the U-13 boys second round.
All the seeds had first round byes and they will be seen in action from Sunday morning.
Earlier, the season's opening tournament and new state-of-the-art hall was inaugurated by former MP Vilas Muttemwar. Arunkumar Shelke, president Shivaji Education Society Amravati, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, minister for energy and guardian minister for Nagpur, Sunil Kedar, MLA Saoner, Girish Vyas, MLC Nagpur, Anat Gharad, ex-Trustee NIT, Kunda Vijaykar, President NDBA, Mahadeo Bhuibhar, DNC principal Baban Taywade, DSO Vijay Santan and Suresh Thakre were the guests of honour.
RESULTS (Round 1)
U-10 boys singles: A Baheti bt Purab Bakharu 15-8, 15-6; Buddhaghosh Wasnik bt Rutva Sejwan 15-7, 15-12; Saksham Chaturvedi bt Aryan Bhutani 15-6, 15-3; Soham Kewalramani bt Yuvi Panjwani 15-12, 15-4; Krishna Singh bt Nishil Umathe 15-3, 15-4; Rachit Nayse bt Ajinkya Thakare 15-12, 15-4; Sahejveer Bhatia bt Aarav Chaurasia 15-7, 15-6; Tanmay Bhutani bt Om Chincholkar 15-5, 15-13.
U-13 boys singles: Priyanshu Rambhade bt Parikshit Nimbarte 15-1, 15-8; Devesh Jena bt Aryan Rao 15-8, 15-5; Sahil Gaidhane bt Shivang Sigtia 15-12, 15-4; Ojas Gedam bt Chaitanya Chaudhary 15-4, 15-9; Shaurya Shukla bt Sahil Jalgaonkar 14-15, 15-10, 15-8; Arav Fernandez bt Raghav Voditel 15-12, 15-7; Shreesh Kashyap bt Devansh Rathi 15-2, 15-2; Shiven bt Rachit Jaswani 15-5, 15-13; Anshul Patne bt Arjun Adey 15-1, 15-4; Rohit Gidwani bt Rachit Nayse 15-4, 15-4; Jigrr Deshmukh bt Mohit Bhojwani 15-9, 11-15, 15-14; Kapil Asare bt Anish Upganlawar 15-6, 15-9.
U-13 girls singles: Taniya Patwardhan bt Sampada Raut 15-13, 15-10; Atika Nayse bt Aarushi Pandey 14-15, 15-14, 15-10; Tamanna Gulhane bt Grishma Kshirsagar 15-11, 15-2; Mabel Simon bt Shravani Randive 15-10, 15-11; Vaidehi Gokhe bt Reva Bhendekar 15-11, 15-5; Ananya Durugkar bt Mrunmayee Pande 15-8, 15-6.