Rakesh Undirwade and Vinod Suryavanshi clinch doubles title

Second seed Rakesh Undirwade and Vinod Suryavanshi stunned top seed and defending champions Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte17-7, 3-8, 9-4 to clinch the doubles crown of the
7th Carrom Tournament for Media Employees organised by Sports Journalists' Association of Nagpur (SJAN) at its Vivekanand Nagar office.
Results:
Men's doubles (semis): Rakesh Undirwade- Vinod Suryavanshi (Gaurav Garima) bt Umesh Mahadeokar- Sandip Gadge (Tarun Bharat) 13-0, 13-4; Pankaj Najpande- Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) bt Kartik Lokhande-Ramesh Marulkar (The Hitavada) 12-9, 11-10.
Final: (S-2) Rakesh Undirwade-Vinod Suryavanshi bt (S-1) Pankaj Najpande-Chittaranjan Nagdevte17-7, 3-8, 9-4.
Men's singles (pre-QF): Bhimrao Lonare (Lokshahi varta) bt Uday Dindolkar (Tarun Bharat) 16-0,22-0; Pankaj Najpane (Lokmat) got walkover; Rakesh Undirwade (Gaurav Garima) bt Sudarshan Sakharkar (Loksatta) 20-0, 23-0; Jeevak Gajbhiye (Lokshahi varta) bt Chittaranjan Nagdevte (Lokmat) 11-8, 19-6; Kartik Lokhande (The Hitavada) bt Umesh Mahadeokar (Tarun Bharat) 1-01, 10-0, 10-1; Nilesh Doye (Punyanagari) bt Sanjay Rahatekar (Tarun Bharat) 21-0,19-0; Nitin Pataria (Lokmat) bt Ashish Joshi (Tarun Bharat) 23-0, 18-0; Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) bt Manish Shriwas (Navbharat) 7-13, 11-5, 14-15.

On Saturday the men's singles quarters will be played from 9 a.m. onwards. The prize distribution function will held immediately after final. Director of Orange City Hospital and Research Institute (OCHRI) Dr Anup Marar and corporator Parinay Fuke will grace the occasion. Veteran Baburao Durugkar who has played an important role in keeping the game of carrom alive in the city and young Irshad Ahmad who has been playing consistantly well at national-level will be feted by SJAN on the occasion.