THE Hitavada’s Farina Salim made it into the semi-finals of the sixth edition of badminton tournament for media employees. The meet, which got under way on Friday at Subhedar hall, is being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in co-operation with the Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education, RTM Nagpur University.
Farina edged past companion Yemon Ganguly 30-25 in the second round match to become the first shuttler from the women’s section to enter the semi-finals.
In men’s second round, The Hitavada’s Anupam Soni and Hitesh Limbachia posted contrasting wins to advance into the third round. While Soni put up a brilliant show to breeze past Lokmat’s Amit Khodke 30-19, Limbachia was made to sweat hard by Pawan Dhande of Lokmat 30-29.
Lokmat’s Ashish Jain and Vilas Tijare also won their respective second round matches. Jain drubbed Loksatta’s Piyush Patil 30-7 whereas Tijare defeated Hitavada’s Nikhil Dixit 30-12.
Earlier, the meet was inaugurated at the hands of Girish Pandav, President, Radhikatai Pandav Charitable Trust. Dr Yashwant Patil, Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Teaching Department, Rajesh Kochar, Director, Gurunanak College of Engineering, Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN, and SSK Naidu, chief referee also graced the function.
SJAN vice-president Naresh Shelke conducted the proceedings and treasurer Anupam Soni proposed a vote of thanks.
Results: Men’s singles (Round 1): Hitesh Limbachia (The Hitavada) bt Roshan Tamboli (Tarun Bharat) 30-15, Abhishek Kulkarni (Tarun Bharat) bt Prashant Chahande (Sakal) 30-28, Manoj Mule (Sakal) bt Uday Dindolkar (Loksatta) 30-19, Pawan Dhande (Lokmat) bt Pawan Godbole (Tarun Bharat) 30-5, Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Wasim Qureshi (Dainik Bhaskar) 30-12, Anupam Soni (The Hitavada) bt Manoj Joshi (Loksatta) 30-19, Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada) bt Dvendra Sadavarti (Punyanagari) 30-21, Amit Sampat (Lokmat Times) bt Ankit Ghutke (The Hitavada) 30-26, Amit Khodke (Lokmat) bt Vikram Harkare (Loksatta) 30-24, Naresh Shelke (Sakal) bt Raj Sharma (Tarun Bharat) 30-11. Round 2: Ashish Jain bt Piyush Patil (Loksatta) 30-7, Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Nikhil Dixit 30-12, Hitesh Limbachia bt Pawan Dhande 30-29, Anupam Soni bt Amit Khodke 30-19, Manoj Muley bt Amit Sampat 30-17. Women singles: (Round 2): Farina Salim (The Hitavada) bt Yemon Ganguly (The Hitavada) 30-25. Team championship (Round 1): Tarun Bharat ‘A’ bt Lokmat ‘B’ 3-1 (Vikas Barokar bt Rupesh Chakraborty 30-16, Abhishek Kulkarni lost to Javed Siddiqui 16-25, Vikas Barokar-Abhishek Kulkarni bt Satish Pandit-Rupesh Chakraborty 30-25, Vikas Barokar bt Satish Pandit 30-20.
(Report: The Hitavada)
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