Jain continues his winning run

Soni-Limbachia enter semis
THE Hitavada’s pair of Anupam Soni and Hitesh Limbachia entered the men’s doubles semi-finals of the 5th Badminton Tournament for Mediapersons in progress at the Subhedar Hall.
Soni-Limbachia got the better of Lokmat duo of Pawan Dande and Anand Junankar 21-13, 21-13 in straight games.
They will take top seeds Ashish Jain-Manish Charpe, another Lokmat combination in the semis.
In the other semi-final, Times of India pair of Suhas Nayse and Sarabjit Ahluwalia will play Loksatta’s Vivek Puradbhat-Vijay Sant.
Jain defeated Limbachia in the men’s singles quarter-finals 21-9, 21-7; Sant had the better of Jaideep Hardikar 21-7, 21-6; Tijare edged past Manish Sakharwade 22-20, 21-5 while Suhas Nayse beat Naresh Shelke 21-7, 21-8 to book semi-final berths.
The Hitavada’s Tanveer Shaikh went down fighting to Meenakshi Menon in the women’s singles semi-final while colleague Manjusha Ladke plays Rakhi Chavan in the other semis on Sunday.
The three-day meet ends of Sunday and will be followed by prize distribution. Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr Gaurishankar Parashar will be the chief guest while Krishnarao Pandav, President, Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha will preside over. Director, Gurunanak College of Engineering, Dahegaon will be the guest of honour.
The tournament, organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur in co-operation with the Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education, RTM Nagpur University, is being sponsored by Sanmarg Shikshan Sanstha which runs Smt Radhikatai Pandav College of Engineering.