IT WAS smooth sailing for The Hitavada shuttlers as third seed Hitesh Limbachia, fourth seed Anupam Soni and Nikhil Dixit recorded easy wins over their respective opponents in the second round of the 7th Badminton Tournament for Mediapersons, which got under way at Subhedar Hall, Amravati road on Thursday.
The meet is being organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with PGTD, Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University. Gracelands has sponsored the tournament while Gurunanak Engineering College is the co-sponsor.
While Limbachia defeated BK Khwaja of Indian Express 21-14, Soni had to sweat little to beat Times of India’s Devendra Ganjre 21-13 in the second round. Dixit was in demolition mood as he thrashed Punyanagari’s Milind Mahajan 21-4 in an one-sided encounter. However, It was a bad day in the office for Hitavada’s Ankeet Ghutke who suffered a 21-10 defeat at the hands of Devendra Sadavarti of Sakal. Lokmat’s top seed Ashish Jain of Lokmat lived up to the billing as he beat Tarun Bharat’s Pavan Supatkar 21-4 in the second round. Lokmat’s Vilas Tijare, seeded second got the better of Vikram Harkare of Loksatta 21-16.
In doubles, Dixit-Ghutke duo of The Hitavada registered a 21-16 win over Piyush Patil and Bhaskar Choudhary of Loksatta whereas Sakal’s pair of Naresh Shelke and Devendra Sadavarti beat Hitavada’s Sarang Kunte-Anjaya Anaparti duo 21-4.
Earlier Shekhar Jadhao, Chairman, Gracelands, inaugurated the tournament. Dr Vilas Sapkal, Vice-chancellor of RTM Nagpur University, presided over the function. Dr Yeshwant Patil, Co-ordinator, PGTD Physical Education Dr Ram Thakur, President, SJAN and Rahul Dixit, Secretary, shared the dais. Anupam Soni, Treasurer, SJAN conducted the proceedings while Naresh Shelke, Vice-President, proposed a vote of thanks.
In women singles, Tanveer Shaikh, Riddhi Ghiya Nishigandha Chafekar and Swaroopam Shrivastava (all from The Hitavada) entered quarter-finals.
Results:
Men’s singles (2nd round): Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada) bt Milind Mahajan (Punyanagari) 21-4; Anupam Soni (The Hitavada) bt Devendra Ganjre (Times of India) 21-13, Hitesh Limbachia (The Hitavada) bt BK Khwaja 21-14; Devendra Sadavarti (Sakal) bt Ankeet Ghutke (The Hitavada) 21-10; Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Vikram Harkare (Loksatta) 21-16; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Pavan Supatkar (Tarun Bharat) 21-4, Suhas Nayse (Times of India) bt Nilanjan Bhowmik (Times of India) 21-3; Vijay Sant (Indian Express) bt Mahesh Bokade (Punyanagari) 21-5; Vivek Puradbhat (Indian Express) bt Amit Khodke (Lokmat) 21-17; Naresh Shelke (Sakal) walk over against Vijay Paratey (Times of India), Madhav Soman (Times of India) walkover against Manoj Muley (Sakal), Manoj Joshi (Loksatta) bt Amit Sampat (Times of India) 21-14; Ranjit Deshmukh (Times of India) bt Bhaskar Choudhary (Loksatta) 21-3; Fakruddin (Times of India) bt Uday Dondolkar (Loksatta) 21-6.
Men’s doubles (2nd round): Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Niladri Dey-Fakruddin (Times of India) 21-9; Nikhil Dixit-Ankeet Ghutke (The Hitavada) bt Piyush Patil-Bhaskar Choudhary (Loksatta) 21-16; Naresh Shelke-Devendra Sadavarti (Sakal) bt Sarang Kunte-Anjaya Anaparti 21-4; Vivek Puradbhat-Vijay Sant (Indian Express) bt Nilanjan Bhowmik-Amit Sampat (Times of India) 21-10; Ranjit Deshmukh-Manish Sakharwade (Times of India) bt Tushar Shukla-Devendra Ganjre 21-11.
Women’s singles: Tanveer Shaikh (The Hitavada), Manjusha Joshi (Tarun Bharat), Riddhi Ghiya (The Hitavada), Arzoo Gupta (Times of India), Chaitali Deshmukh (Times of India), Rakhi Chavan (Loksatta), Nishigandha Chafekar (The Hitavada) and Swaroopam Shrivastava (The Hitavada) entered quarter-finals.
(Report: The Hitavada)
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