Chaitali upsets 7th seed Ketki in district badminton tournament

NAGPUR: Top seed Malvika Bansod hardly broke any sweat to start her campaign on a rousing note in the Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Nagpur District Sub-Junior and Junior Badminton tournament at the Dhanwate National College Indoor Stadium here on Sunday.
The talented southpaw cruised past Shimplii 15-2, 15-2 to enter the U-17 girls singles quarterfinals in almost no time.
In the only upset of the day, Chaitali Nayse shocked seventh seed Ketaki Mundiwale 15-14, 15-8 to book her place in the last eight.
Others to join Malvika and Chaitali in the U-17 girls singles quarters are second seed Livia Fernandez, third seed Pavitra Somani, fourth seed Divya Ramteke, fifth seed Arya Anchalwar, Shruti Chokhandare and Palak.
In the U-15 girls doubles, second seeds Aditi Sadhankar-Nikkita Joseph, Chaitali Nayse-Atika Nayse and Vishakha Gurbaxani-Yashika Hemrajani advanced to the semis.
Seeded players in the boys section moved up in their respective categories.
RESULTS
U-17 girls singles (Pre-quarters): 1-Malvika Bansod bt Shimplli 15-2, 15-2; Chaitali Nayse bt 7-Ketaki Mundiwale 15-14, 15-8; 3-Pavitra Somani bt Neha Bharwani 15-9, 15-7; 5-Arya Anchalwar bt Isha Londhekar 15-7, 15-7; 6-Shruti Chokhandre bt Vaibhavi Apte 15-3, 15-8; 4-Divya Ramteke bt Prarthana Fuley 15-9, 13-15, 15-10; 8-Palak bt Devika Kawale 15-12, 11-15, 15-14; 2-Livia Fernandez bt Shalomi Johnson 15-6, 15-9.
U-19 boys doubles (Quarters): 4-Gaurav Mithe-Sourabh Kerhalkar bt Angad Matharu-Hriday Deshmukh 21-7, 21-11; 3-Ameya Baheti-Nikhil Sangtani bt Chetan Sharma-Srijan Sharma 21-8, 21-11.
U-15 girls doubles (Quarters): 4-Vishakha Gurbaxani-Yashika Hemrajani bt Janhavi Tiwari-Shubhi Shukla 21-14, 21-14; 3-Chaitali Nayse-Atika Nayse bt Diya Agarwal- Sonakshi Bhutani 21-8, 21-14; 2-Aditi Sadhankar-Nikkita Joseph bt Ananya Shukla-Grishma Bhagat 21-13, 21-19.
U-15 boys singles (Round 2): 1-Sifat Arora bt Shashank Kulal 15-4, 15-9; Priyanshu Rambhade bt Satwik Mahajan 15-13, 9-15, 15-7; 5-Kanad Yerpude bt Rishi Maheshwari 15-13, 15-10; Sudhansh Cinthray bt Raghav Voditel 15-5, 15-4; 3-Jaskaran Suri bt Aakash Thatte 15-10, 15-12; Divyansh Bhojwani bt Aryan Bagul 11-15, 15-11, 15-9; 7-Rohan Gurbani bt Sarthak Pakhmode 15-5, 15-3; Yugandhar Deo bt Vinil Mokhade 15-7, 15-9; Aryan Ramteke bt Sanvik Chaudhari 3-15, 15-14, 15-13; 8-Aayush Jadhav bt Hridayawant Rathore 11-15, 15-5, 15-7; Naimish Kasat bt Sumedh Chaudhary 15-14, 15-14; 4-Aditya Shiralkar bt Anay Moharil 15-7, 15-11; Shrinivas Saoji bt Lokesh Gajwani 15-12, 15-6; 6-Ishan Vithalkar bt Ketan Mandlik 15-3, 15-3; Vaibhav Mithe bt Sarang Walke 15-3, 15-4; 2-Kirtesh Chaudhari bt Rohit Gidwani 15-2, 15-4.