Jain, Chavan are champions

Ashish  Jain of Lokmat stunned top seed and defending champion Vijay Sant of Indian Express to clinch the men's singles title in the Gracelands Cup Badminton Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with PGTD Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University at Subhedar Hall. 

The second seed Jain rallied from one game down to win the edge of the seat encounter 12-21, 21-15, 21-16. 

In the women's singles, Rakhi Chavan of Maharashtra Times defeated Manjusha Joshi also of Maharashtra Times 30-15 to emerge victorious.

The men's doubles title went to Times of India's Suhas Nayse-Madhav Soman pair who defeated Lokmat's Ashish Jain and Vilas Tijare 21-18, 21-14.
Chairman of Gracelands Shekhar Jadhao was  the chief guest of prize distribution funciton. Chairman of Board of Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University Dr Babanrao Taywade presided over the function.  Director of Gracelands Rajendra Gaikwad and former Ranji and Duleep Trophy player Sameer Khare were the guests of honour. Co-ordinator of PGTD of Physical Education Dr Sanjay Choudhary and others were also present on the occasion. SJAN member Dr Ram Thakur conducted the proceedings while secretary Kishor Bagde proposed a vote of thanks.

Laxmi Nagar-based Shree Sports sponsored the Carlton feather shuttles while NH-1 Restaurant sponsored the food vouchers to the winners and runners-up

RESULTS:

Men's singles (semis): Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Suhas Nayse (TOI) 16-21, 21-13, 21-13; Vijay sant (Indian Expres) bt Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 21-4, 21-6.
Final: (S-2) Ashish Jain bt Vijay Sant (S-1) 12-21, 21-15, 21-16.
Men's doubles (semis): Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Vijay Sant -Aniruddha Pande (Indian Express) 21-10, 21-15. Suhas Nayse-Madhav Soman (TOI) got walkover against Sunil Warrier- Manish Sakharwade (TOI).
Final: Suhas Nayse-Madhav Soman bt Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare 21-18, 21-14.
Women's singles (final): Rakhi Chavan (Maharashtra Times) bt Manjusha Joshi (Maharashtra Times) 30-15.

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Sant, Jain, Nayse and Tijare in semis

DEFENDING champion Vijay Sant from Loksatta, Vilas Tijare, Ashish Jain from Lokmat, and Suhas Nayse from Times of India moved into the semi-finals of the Gracelands Cup Badminton Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with PGTD Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University at Subhedar Hall.
In the quarter-finals, Vilas Tijare defeated Proshun Chakraborty (TOI) 30-4, while Ashish Jain ousted Sujan Masid (Dainik Bhaskar) 30-3. Sant had no difficulty in thrashing Amit Sampat 30-8 and Suhas Nayse crushed Suraj Ingole 30-2.
In the women’s category, Rakhi Chavan will clash with Manjusha Joshi in the final. While Chavan thrashed Vaidehi Ranade (TOI) 30-18, Manjusha Joshi (Maharashtra Times) got the better of Aparna Nair (TOI) 30-21.
Results: Men’s singles (pre quarters): Suraj Ingole (TOI) bt Sandeep Dhabekar (TOI) 30-23, Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) 30-10, Amit Sampat (TOI) bt Lalit Patki (Maharashtra Times) 30-9, Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Madhav Soman (TOI) 30-25, Vijay Sant (Loksatta) bt Sunil Warrior (TOI) 30-6, Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Nityanand Pathak (Dainik Bhaskar) 30-4.
Quarters: Vilas Tijare bt Proshun Chakraborty (TOI) 30-4, Ashish Jain bt Sujan Masid (Dainik Bhaskar) 30-3, Vijay Sant bt Amit Sampat 30-8, Suhas Nayse bt Suraj Ingole 30-2.
Men’s doubles (quarters): Suhas Nayse-Madhav Soman bt Piyush Patil-Lalit Patki 30-5, Sunil Warrior-Manish Sakharwade bt Nityanand Pathak-Jaspreet Singh 30-14, Vijay Sant-Aniruddha Pande bt Suraj Ingole-Anup Dixit 30-8. Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare already entered semis.
Women’s singles (semis): Rakhi Chavan (Maharashtra Times) bt Vaidehi Ranade (TOI) 30-18, Manjusha Joshi (Maharashtra Times) bt Aparna Nair (TOI) 30-21.

ToI shuttlers dominate Day One

Badminton meet gets under way
 
Times of India shuttlers, led by Suhas Nayse, hogged the limelight on Day One of the 9th badminton tournament for media employees. The tournament is sponsored by Gracelands and organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with PGTD Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University at Subhedar Hall got under way on Friday, March 9, 2013.
Former international shuttler and president of the Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA), Pradeep Gandhe inaugurated the tournament. Vice-chancellor of RTM Nagpur University Dr Vilas Sapkal presided over the function. Chairman of Gracelands Shekhar Jadhao, president of Nagpur District Badminton Association Balbir Singh Renu and secretary Mangesh Kashikar shared the dais. Co-ordinator of PGTD Physical Education Dr Sanjay Choudhary, Director of Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University Dr Dhananjay Welukar, Prof AP Joshi and others were also present on the occasion. SJAN secretary Kishor Bagde made introductory remarks. Former SJAN president Dr Ram Thakur conducted the proceedings while treasurer Anupam Soni proposed a vote of thanks.
GANDHE’S NOBLE GESTURE
WHILE APPRECIATING THE ACTIVITIES OF SJAN, PRADEEP GANDHE DONATED RS 30,000 TO THE ASSOCIATION. THE SJAN HAS DECIDED TO UTILIZE THE FUND FOR THE WELFARE OF NEEDY AND TALENTED BADMINTON PLAYERS OF THE CITY.
Results: Men’s singles (round 2): Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Manoj Joshi (Loksatta) 30-3, Sandeep Dhabekar (TOI) bt Shashikant Rahate (TOI) 30-24, Anjaya Anaparthi (TOI) bt Samaresh Acharya (TOI) 30-19, BK Khwaja (Loksatta) bt Jaspreet Singh (Dainik Bhakar) 30-22, Proshun Chakraborty (TOI) bt Roshan Bante (Punyanagari) 30-26, Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) bt Avishkar Deshmukh (Punyanagari) 30-21, Amit Sampat (TOI) bt Yeshwant Chandel (Dainik Bhaskar) 30-19, Ranjit Deshmukh (TOI) bt Rupesh Chaphekar (Punyanagari) 30-7, Suraj Ingole (TOI) bt Anup Dixit (TOI) 30-19, Devendra Sadavarti (Lokmat) bt Vaibhav Ganjapure (TOI) 30-16, Uday Dindolkar (Tarun Bharat) bt Tushar Pillewar (Punyanagari) 30-9.
Men’s doubles: Ashish Jain-Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Ranjit Deshmukh-Amit Sampat (TOI) 30-8, Madhav Soman-Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Pawan Fulsunge-Manoj Joshi (Loksatta) 30-14, Suraj Ingole-Anup Dixit (TOI) bt Abhijeet Iyengar-Sandeep Wardhane (TOI) 30-22, Shashikant Rahate-Vaibhav Ganjapure (TOI) bt Abhishek Choudhary-Proshun Chakraborty (TOI) 30-19, Samaresh Acharya-Anjaya Anaparthi (TOI) bt Sujan Masid-Rahul Thakur (Dainik Bhaskar) 30-23.

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