SJAN Media Badminton begins

Fourth seed Dharmendra Kumar stunned on opening day

Dharmendra Kumar was stunned by Pravin Kanthale on the opening day of the Gaikwad-Patil International School Media Badminton Tournament. The meet is being organized by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at Vivekanand Nagar Indoor Hall.

The Times of India’s Dharmendra, who was seeded fourth, lost the second round match against Lokmat’s Kanthale by 30-22. In the men’s double category TOI pair of Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade brushed aside Lokmat’s Piyush Dabhekar-Sachin Vaidya 30-7.
The tournament was inaugurated by Aparna Popat. Chairman of Gaikwad-Patil Group Mohan Gaikwad presided over the function. Leader of ruling party in NMC, Sandeep Joshi, and principal of Gaikwad-Patil International School Shabiah Chaurasia were also present on the occasion.

RESULTS

Men’s singles (2nd round): Pravin Kanthale (Lokmat) bt Dharmendra Kumar (TOI) 30-22; Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) bt Samir Barde 30-4; Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) bt Avishkar Deshmukh (Loksatta) 30-7; Reynold Morris (Lokmat) bt Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) 30-27;

First round: Pravin Kanthale bt Vinay Pandey (TOI) 30-7; Amit Khodke (Lokmat) bt Nitin Totewar (Maharashtra Times) 30-17; Abhishek Choudhary (TOI) bt Anand Anasane (Hitavada) 30-16; Piyush Patil (Maharashtra Times) bt Manish Shriwas (Navbharat) 30-15; Avishkar Deshmukh bt Nilesh Deshpande (Lokmat Times) 15-6 (conceded);

Men’s doubles: Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade (TOI) bt Piyush Dabhekar-Sachin Vaidya (Lokmat) 30-7;

Women singles (1st round): Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Tanuja Ratnaparkhi (TOI) 30-7.