Badminton- Day II in pictures

Anupam Soni of The Hitavada

Vijay Sant of IE-Loksatta

Harshad Pandhripande of Times of India

Ashish Jain of Lokmat

Ashish Jain of Lokmat

Ashish Jain and Vilas Tijare of Lokmat

Steffi Joseph of Times of India

Naresh Shelke of Sakal

Vilas Tijare of Lokmat

Mannu Bawa of Tarun Bharat

Piyush Patil of The Hitavada

Nikhil Dixit of The Hitavada

(All pics S Sudarshan)

Jain in men's singles, doubles SF

Lokmat's Ashish Jain entered the semi-finals in the men's singles and doubles event in Gracelands sponsored 8th Badminton Tournament for Media Employees at Subhedar Hall, here on Saturday.

The tournament is being organised by Sports Journalists' Associaiton of Nagpur in associaiton with Post Graduate Teaching Department of Physical Education.

In the quarters, last year's runners-up Ashish Jain thrashed Sakal's RajeshVyavhare 21-6, 21-9.

Defending champion Vijay Sant of Indian Express- Loksatta entered the semi-final defeating Naresh Shelke 21-5, 2104 effortlessly. Times of India's Suhas Nayse and HArshad Pandharipande also made it to the semis.

In the doubles, Jain-Vilas Tijare duo overcame Naresh Shelke-Rajesh Vyavhare 21-13, 21-18 to enter the semis.

On Sunday the prize distribution function will be held at 11.30 a.m. Secretary of Guru Nanak Education Society

Navneet Singh Tuli will be the chief guest on the occasion. Director of Gracelands Rajesh Gaikwad and co-ordinator, Post Graduate Teaching Department, RTMNU Dr Yashwant Patil will be the guests of honour.

Results: Men's singles (QF): Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada) 21-7, 21-5; Harshad Pandharipande (TOI) bt Anupam Soni (The Hitavada) 21-13, 21-16; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Rajesh Vyavhare (Sakal) 21-6, 21-9; Vijay Sant (Indian Express- Loksatta) bt Naresh Shelke (Sakal) 21-5, 21-4.

Men's singles (PQF): Vijay Sant bt Piyush Patil 30-7; Naresh Shelke bt Fakruddin 30-20; Nikhil Dixit bt Sunil Warrier 30-24; Suhas Nayse bt Vilas Tijare 30-7; Harshad Pandharipande bt Vivek Puradbhat 30-27; Anupam Soni bt Uday Dindolkar 30-13; Rajesh Vyavhare bt Devendra Sadavarti 30-21; Ashish Jain bt Madhav Soman 30-11.

Men's doubles (QF): Vijay Sant-Vivek Puradbhat bt Anjaya Anaparthi-Vaibhav Ganjapure 21-11, 21-10; Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare bt Naresh Shelke-Rajesh Vyavhare 21-13, 21-18; Sunil Warrier -Manish Sakharwade bt Anupal Soni-Nikhil Dixit 22-20, 22-20, Suhas Nayse-Madhav Soman got walkover against Rupesh Bhaik-Fakruddin

Women's singles: Steffi Joseph bt Meenakshi Menon 30-6; Steffi Joseph bt Srishti 30-12; Shrishti bt Meenakshi Menon 30-15.

Badminton meet gets under way

The Hitavada’s seeded players Anupam Soni and Nikhil Dixit and Piyush Patil made winning starts to make it to third round of the men’s singles in the eighth edition of SJAN-Gracelands Badminton Tournament for Media Employees that got under way at Subhedar Hall on Friday.

Soni defeated Rupesh Bhaik

30-9, Dixit humbled Dharmendra Kumar 30-3 while Piyush Patil too had little difficulty ousting Shashikant Rahate 30-8.

Top seed Vijay Sant toyed with Vivek Bithale to win 30-7 and later partnering Vivek Puradbhat beat the combination of Uday Dindolkar-Mannu Bawa 30-8.

From quarter-final onwards, it will be best of three games of 21 points each. Matches continue on the second day starting at 8.30 am. Semi-finals and finals of all the categories would be held on Sunday.

At the outset, Dr Vilas Sapkal, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, inaugurated the tournament in presence of chief guest of opening ceremony Shekhar Jadhao, Chairman, Gracelands; Dr Dhananjay Welukar, Director, Department of Sports and Physical Education, RTMNU and Dr Yashwant Patil, Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Teaching Department, RTMNU.

SJAN member Dr Ram Thakur conducted the proceedings. Naresh Shelke, President, SJAN, made an introductory remark while Anupam Soni, convenor of the meet, proposed a vote of thanks.

Results

Men’s singles (second round): Vijay Sant bt Vivek Bithale 30-7; Piyush Patil bt Shashikant Rahate 30-8; Naresh Shelke bt Sandip Wardhane 30-13; Nikhil Dixit bt Dharmendra Kumar 30-3; Vivek Puradbhat bt Yogesh Banait 30-21; Harshad Pandharipande bt Vaibhav Ganjapure 30-10; Uday Dindolkar bt Abhishek Iyengar 30-7; Anupam Soni bt Rupesh Bhaik 30-9; Devendra Sadavarti bt Balmukund Kadwe 30-22; Madhav Soman bt BK Khwaja 30-19.

Men’s doubles (second round): Vijay Sant-Vivek Puradbhat bt Uday Dindolkar-Mannu Bawa 30-8; Naresh Shelke-Rajesh Vyavhare bt Bithale-Shivhare 30-13; Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare bt Iyengar-Wardhane 30-6; Suhas Nayse-Madhav Soman bt Khwaja-Kadwe 30-6.

Women’s singles: Shrishti Gupta bt Payal Gwalani 30-0; Chaitali Deshmukh bt Vani Banthia 30-23.

Badminton meet for media employees begins today

The eighth edition of SJAN-Gracelands Badminton Tournament for Media Employees will get under way at Subhedar Hall on Friday morning.
The three-day tournament is a joint venture of Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and Post Graduate Teaching Department (PGTD) for Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU).
Shekhar Jadhao, Chairman, Gracelands, will be the chief guest of the inauguration function that commences at 8.15 am. Dr Vilas Sapkal, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, will inaugurate the event. Dr Dhananjay Welukar, Director, Physical Education Department, RTMNU and Dr Yashwant Patil, Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Teaching Department, RTMNU will be the guests of honour.
First round matches for all categories—men’s singles, women’s singles and men’s doubles would follow immediately after the opening function.
Navneet Singh Tuli, Secretary, Guru Nanak Education Society that runs Guru Nanak Institute of Engineering and Technology, who has been associated with SJAN since long, will be co-sponsoring the event.
Defending champion Vijay Sant of Indian Express-Loksatta and last edition’s runner-up Lokmat’s Ashish Jain are the first and second seeded players respectively in the men’s singles.
Chief Referee Adv Vishal Naik will lead a team of well-qualified referees.

Badminton Draw for 2012 event