Joseph, Deo, Bhure, Bansod enter semis

NIKITA Joseph, Yugandhar Deo, Sudhanshu Bhure and Malvika Bansod stormed into the semi-finals in their respective age categories in the ongoing Tulsiramji Gaikwad memorial district ranking badminton tournament at Subhedar Hall.
The tournament is jointly organised by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur and Nagpur District Badminton Association.
In the Under-10 girls singles, top seed Nikita Joseph defeated Kripi Sanjwani 15-4, 15-5 to make it to last four.
In the boys section of the same age category, top seeded Yugandhar Deo got the better of Ritwik Bhaskar 15-9, 15-8 to make it to the semis.
Top seed Sudhanshu Bhure kept his reputation intact defeating Sifat Arora 15-10, 15-3 while second seed Rohan thrashed Kedar Dabke 15-5, 15-10.
Similarly, in Under-13 girls singles, Malvika Bansod, seeded top drubbed Palak Thakkar 15-6, 15-3 and Arya Anchalwar beat Liviya Fernandez 15-13, 15-3 to enter semis.
In the U-15 girls doubles, pair of
Chaitali Nayse and Palak Thakkar edged out Shikha Mundada-G Shivanshi 15-12, 15-9 to enter semis.
The semi-finals will be played on Thursday from 8 am onwards followed by finals at 3 pm.
Prize distribution function will be held at 6 pm. Chairman of Gaikwad-Patil Group Mohan Gaikwad will be the chief guest. NDBA president Kundatai Vijaykar will preside over. Director of Gaikwad Patil Group Col Rahul Sharma, business head of SNDL Sonal Khurana will also grace the occasion.
Results: All quarters:
U-10 girls singles : Nikita Joseph (S-1) bt Kripi Sanjwani 15-4, 15-5; Aditi Sadhankar (S-2) bt Vaidehi Ghoke 15-4, 15-7; Amulya Lanjewar bt Aditi Tadas 15-3, 15-3; Sophia Simon bt Anushka Tripathi 15-2, 15-7.
U-10 boys singles: Yugandhar Deo (S-1) bt Ritwik Bhaskar 15-9, 15-8; Siddhant Bawankar bt Harsh Gajbhiye 15-4, 15-5; Ankush Singh bt Anshul Patne 15-13, 15-8; Arav Fernandez bt Siddh Kedia 7-15, 15-9, 15-7.
U-13 boys singles: Rohan Gurbani (S-2) bt Kedar Dabke 15-5, 15-10; Sudhanshu Bhure (S-1) bt Sifat Arora 15-10, 15-3 ; Gandhar Nawale bt Jaskaransingh Suri 15-6, 15-4; Shrniwas Saoji bt Vaibhav Mithe 15-7, 15-9.
U-13 girls singles: Malvika Bansod (S-1)  bt Palak Thakkar 15-6, 15-3; Arya Anchalwar bt Liviya Fernandez 15-13, 15-3; Gargi Joshi (S-2) bt Ashani Joshi 15-5, 15-5; Pavitra Somani bt Radha Bapat 15-8, 15-11.
U-15 girls doubles (QF):  Chaitali Nayse- Palak Thakkar bt Shikha Mundada-G Shivanshi 15-12, 15-9; Ashani Joshi- Sara Pande bt Bhakti Pimplapure-L Janhavi 15-7, 15-4; Mugdha Agrey- Pallavi Pitale (S-2) bt Anika Jaisinghani- Sanjana Sapra 15-7, 15-0; Arya Anchalwar-Gargi Joshi  (S-1) bt P Niyati-D Sakshi 15-6, 15-7.