To meet top seed Nigel D’Sa next

Showcasing plenty of grit and determination, talented Piyush Kamble overcame a strong challenge of Pawan Singh, before prevailing in there hard fought games 15-6, 12-15, 15-11 in a Men’s Singles Pre-Quarter-final match of the CCI - GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2024, that is being played at the CCI Badminton courts on Wednesday.

Earlier Pawan too had staved off a strong challenge from Arnav Bhagat by snatching a 15-13, 7-15, 15-7 victory to advance to the round-of-32, before meeting his match in left handed Piyush who earlier had an easy outing against Jeet Jain in a second round match 15-6, 15-3.

In the quarter-finals, Kamble will meet top seed Nigel D’Sa who beat Devansh Nisar 15-3, 15-3.

In another interesting match of the day, Akshat Raisurana brushed a strong challenge from Kanishq Gurram clinching a well-deserved 21-13, 18-21, 22-20 victory in a Boys’ under-19 singles quarter-finals encounter.

In a Girls’ under-15 match, which went the distance, Ananya Katdare once again had to bring out her best to overcome the spirited challenge from Rudra Gawde coasting to a 22-20, 9-21, 21-14 victory to advance to the semi-final.

Results (Singles)

 Girls’ U-11 (Quarter-finals): 1-Aanya Iyer bt Myrah Reshamwala 15-3, 15-1; Taara Patwardhan bt Atreyi Rao 21-6, 21-19; Fatima Warsi bt Aaira Shah 15-8, 15-3; 2-Insiyah Taherali Tilawadwala bt Zeel Gala 15-8, 15-5.

Boys’ U-11 (Quarter-finals): 1-Aadiraj Shetty bt Vedaan Gupta 21-2, 21-4; Kabir Raheja bt Prithvi Gain 21-11, 21-8; Vivaan Waingankar bt Arjun Vira 21-6, 21-5; 2-Vir Butani bt Saransh Jain

Girls U-13 (2^nd round): 1-Anvisha Ghorpade bt Aradhya Singh 15-1, 15-4; Riddhi Bagul bt Kashvi Shah 15-1, 15-7; Tia Ugrankar bt Shanaya Shah 15-2, 15-5; Viana Borana bt Kaushiki Kanvinde 15-6, 15-11; Rudra Gawde bt Nishka Toprani 15-0, 15-2; 2-Sarathaa Devi Chidambaram bt Aarna Chandak 15-10, 15-3.

 Girls U-15 (Quarter-finals): 1-Thea Sheth bt Rutuja Tanwar 15-3, 15-1; Ananya Katdare bt Rudra Gawde 22-20, 9-21, 21-14; Risha Parab bt Shaanvi Shah 21-8, 21-8; 2-Anvi Kakade bt Anvisha Ghorpade 19-21, 21-18, 21-13.

Girls’ U-19 (Quarter-finals): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Thea Sheth 21-4, 21-8; Devanshi Shinde bt Ananya Shah 21-11, 21-14; Vedika Kulkarni bt Saanchi Santi 21-14, 21-5; 2-Riya Vinherkar bt Mahika Vardhan 21-7, 21-8.

Men’s (3rd round): 1-Nigel D’Sa bt Devansh Nisar 15-3, 15-3; Piyush Kamble bt Pawan Singh 15-6, 12-15, 15-11; Harshit Mahimkar bt Kanishq Gurram 15-9, 15-8; Daras Nadar bt Raj More 15-11, 15-5; Kshitij Shinde bt Satyasheel Kulkarni 15-14, 15-13; Ruturaj Rathod bt Mishil Shah 15-7, 15-13; Ajay Meena bt Jehan Daboo 15-7, 15-6; 2-Aaryavardhan Jadhav bt Tilak Kanungo 15-5, 15-16.

Women Singles (1^st round): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye W/o Roopali Shah; Sneha Mhadlekar bt Sachi Sopte 15-13, 15-14; Krisha Shah bt Shravani Panchal 13-15, 15-12, 15-13; Devanshi Shinde bt Sanjana Maharao 15-9, 15-2; Natasha Daswani bt Sonali Shetty 15-6, 15-8; Vedika Kulkarni bt Trusha Vora 15-3, 15-0; Rima Jain bt Priyanka Bagade 15-7, 15-5; 2-Shivani Herlekar bt Parul Damani 15-5, 15-3.