SJAN media badminton (Day 2)

Seeds sail into quarters

Top seed Ashish Jain along with second seed Suhas Nayse and third seed Fakhruddin Bora entered the men' singles quarters smoothly on the second day of Gaikwad Patil International School Media Badminton Tournament, organised by Sports Journalist's Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Nagpur Municipal Corporation at NMC indoor hall, Vivekanand Nagar on Thursday.

In the women section, Loksatta' s Rakhi Chavan and Monika Chaturvedi set up a title clash.
In the men's pre-quarters, Ashish Jain of Lokmat  defeated his colleague Vilas Tijare 30-7. Bora (TOI) quelled the challenge of Lokmat's Rajesh Sharma 30-25. Farhan Quazi, Raynold Morris, Mahesh Sarangi, Ameya Manke and Waseem Qureshi also sailed into the quarters. Second seed Nayse got walkover in prequarters as his opponent didn't turn up.
In double, TOI's Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade pair entered the semis defeating Lokmat's Wasim Qureshi-Raynold morris 15-10, 15-11. On Friday the quarters will begin at 9 a.m. followed by semis.

Results
Men's singles (Pre-QF): Fakhruddin Bora (TOI) bt Rajesh Sharma (Lokmat) 30-25; Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 30-7; Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Amit Khodke (Lokmat) 30-7; Mahesh Sarangi (Navbharat) bt Piyush Dabhekar (Lokmat) 30-17; Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) bt Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) 30-18; Raynold Morris bt Rajesh Vyavhare 30-20; Waseem Qureshi bt Anjaya Anaparthy 30-20.
Men's doubles QF: Sunil Warrier-Manish Sakharwade (TOI) bt Wasim Qureshi-Raynold morris 15-10, 15-11.
Men's doubles Pre-QF: Suhas Nayse- Fakhruddin Bora (TOI) bt Shubham Sondawale-Farhan Quazi (Nagpur Today) 30-7; Anupam Soni-Nikhil Dixit (The Hitavada) bt Dharmendra Kumar-Shashikant Rahate (TOI) 30-24; Mahesh Sarangi- Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Amit Khodke-Vilas Tijare (Lokmat) 30-8, Ashish Jain-Pravin Kathane (Lokmat) bt Sandeep Dabhekar-Prateek Siddharth (TOI) 30-8.
Women singles (semis):  Rakhi Chavan (Loksatta) bt Meenal Jain (Lokmat) 30-24; Monika Chaturvedi (Loksatta) bt Anchal Shrivastava (The Hitvada) 30-18.