Saturday, March 9, 2013

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.

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