Arav, Rahul, Chaitali, Arjun cause upsets in district badminton

NAGPUR: Four upsets marked the third day of the Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Nagpur District Sub-Junior and Junior Badminton tournament at the Dhanwate National College Indoor Stadium here on Monday.
Third seed Gandhar Nawale was knocked out by Rahul Bawankar in the U-17 boys singles second round. Unseeded Rahul rallied back superbly to down Gandhar 10-15, 15-13, 15-13 in an exciting encounter.
In the U-13 boys singles second round, fourth seed Om Gavandi and seventh seed Sanvik Chaudhari were shown the exit door.While Arav Fernandez shocked Om 15-11, 15-8, Arjun Voditel upset Sanvik 15-14, 15-12.
Chaitali Nayse surprised third seed Nikkita Joseph to enter U-15 girls singles quarterfinal. Unseeded Chaitali defeated Nikkita 15-13, 15-8.
Sixth seed Kirtesh Chaudhari survived a big scare against Aditya Shiralkar in the U-17 boys singles. Kitesh bounced back strongly after being match-point down to win 12-15, 15-14, 15-11 and entered the third round.
RESULTS
U-13 boys singles (Round of 32): 1-Siddhant Bawankar bt Priyanshu Rambhade 15-11, 15-5; Devesh Jena bt Sahil Gaidhane 15-1, 15-1; 8-Sarthak Pakhmode bt Vibhum Umre 15-1, 15-3; Ojas Gedam bt Shaurya Shukla 15-14, 15-13; Arav Fernandez bt 4-Om Gavandi 15-11, 15-8; Shreesh Kashyap bt Devang Damkondawar 15-3, 15-2; 5-Mihir Patel bt Shiven 15-1, 15-1; Anshul Patne bt Jai Pravin Palkar 15-7, 15-12; 6-Jigrr Deshmukh bt Shiven Patel 15-7, 15-8; Kapil Asare bt Soham Agrawal 15-8, 15-14; 3-Aditya Gadge bt Amay Makode 15-7, 15-13; Arjun Voditel bt 7-Sanvik Chaudhari 15-14, 15-12; Shashank Kulal bt Nipun Nistane 15-1, 15-3; 2-Yugandhar Deo bt Vedant Parate 15-7, 15-4.
U-13 boys singles (PQF): 1-Siddhant Bawankar bt Devesh Jena 15-5, 15-8; Arav Fernandez bt Shreesh Kashyap 11-15, 15-8, 15-11.
U-15 girls singles (Round of 32): 1-Arya Anchalwar bt Ananya Bhange 15-1, 15-3; Sophia Simon bt Athena Shaji 15-5, 15-2; 7-Devika Kawale bt Kripi Sajwan 15-11, 15-1; Aditi Tadas bt Gufrana Shaik 15-14, 15-13; 3-Nikkita Joseph bt Riya Pakhale 15-0, 15-3; Chaitali Nayse bt Ananya Shukla 15-11, 15-13; 5-Aditi Sadhankar bt Bhargavi Rambhad 15-7, 15-8; Isha Londhekar bt Janhavi Umre 15-7, 15-14; Neha Bharwani bt Vaishnavi Anasane 15-3, 15-8; 8-Shalomi Johnson bt Amruta Gadekar 15-11, 15-10; Vidhi Athilkar bt Siya Kolhe 15-13, 15-9; 4-Livia Fernandez bt Grishma Bhagat 15-6, 15-7; Payoshni Ghatole bt Shubhi Shukla 15-14, 15-2; 6-Amulya Lanjewar bt Vaidehi Gokhe 11-15, 15-13, 15-13.
U-17 boys singles (Round of 32): 1-Gaurav Mithe bt bt Rohit Mirani 15-4, 15-6; Shiv Bute bt Shantanu Bayaskar 15-10, 15-4; 5-Om Ghode bt Sudhansh Cinthray 15-7, 15-11; Sujoy Joseph bt Hridayawant Rathore 15-11, 15-9; Rahul Bawankar bt 3-Gandhar Nawale 10-15, 15-13, 15-13; Shashank Gupta bt Aryan Bagul 15-9, 15-5; 6-Kirtesh Chaudhari bt Aditya Shiralkar 12-15, 15-14, 15-11; Sarang Chimote bt Aryan Ramteke 11-15, 15-14, 15-9; Atharva Agrawal bt Kartik Kashikar 15-8, 15-8; 8-Jaskaran Suri bt Sameer Chaturvedi 15-10, 15-5; Pradyumn Umathe bt Srijan Sharma 15-5, 15-6; 7-Shreyas Kulkarni bt Gurdas Bharwani 15-6, 15-7; Aayush Jadhav bt Shrinivas Saoji 15-14, 14-15, 15-8; 2-Rohan Gurbani bt Divij Shah 15-7, 15-5.