Piyush Kamble, Ajay Meena lead the way in Men’s Singles category

On a day of upsets in the ongoing CCI - GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2024, upcoming unseeded shuttlers Piyush Kamble and Ajay Meena continued with his impressive run of forms and scored stunning wins over the top two in the Men’s Singles Quarter-final matches, that was played at the at the CCI Badminton courts, Mumbai.

South paw Piyush showcased his ‘A’ game and overcame the challenge of top-seed and former champion Nigel D’Sa in a tense but exciting match that lasted close to 40 minutes with a score line of 21-14, 21-18 to book a place in the semi-finals.  He will next take on another talented teenager Harshit Mahimkar, who easily defeated Daras Nadar 21-10, 21-8, for a place in the final.

On the other hand Ajay high on confidence showed good court moment against second seeded Aaryavardhan Jadhav before registering a victory in two straight games 21-12, 21-31 in another Men’s singles Quarter-final tie. He will face next face Ruturaj Rathod who got the better of Kshitij Shinde also won in two straight game 21-5, 21-11.

Meanwhile, rising star Akshat Raisurana showed great grit and determination against second seeded Sahil Gurbuxani before prevailing in two straight sets with an identical margin 21-16, 21-16 to advance into the final of the Boys U-19 Singles category. Akshat will log head with top seeded Harshit Mahimkar who brushed aside the challenge of unseeded Anay Pingulkar 21-13, 21-11 in the other semis.

Upcoming talent and unseeded Risha Parab also scored an upset win defeating second seed Anvi Kakade in three games at 21-15, 14-21, 21-9 to progress to the Girls’ Under-15 Singles final. In the summit clash, Risha will meet the number one seed Thea Sheth who defeated Ananya Katdare 21-16, 21-8. 

In the Boys U-11 Semi-finals tie unseeded Vivaan Waingankar rocked second seed Vir Butani 21-6, 21-12 to set up a summit clash with top seeded Aadiraj Shetty who cruised past unseeded Kabir Raheja 21-4, 21-5.

Results (Singles)

Girls U-11 (Semi-finals): 1-Aanya Iyer bt Taara Patwardhan 21-11, 21-6; 2-Insiyah Tilawadwala bt Fatima Warsi 21-7, 21-13.

Boys U-11 (Semi-finals): 1-Aadiraj Shetty bt Kabir Raheja 21-4, 21-5; Vivaan Waingankar bt 2-Vir Butani 21-6, 21-12.

Girls U-13 (Quarter-finals): 1-Anvisha Ghorpade bt Aanya Iyer 21-7, 21-8; Tia Ugrankar bt Riddhi Bagul 21-6, 21-6; Rudra Gawde bt Aariana Mehta 21-2, 21-1; 2-Sarathaa Devi Chidambaram bt Viana Borana 21-11, 21-18.

Boys U-13 (Quarter-finals): 1-Ruhaan Bhatia bt Smit Surve 21-3, 21-4; Sahaj Kadam bt Atharva Kakade 21-18, 21-18; Aadiraj Shetty bt Rahil More 21-10, 21-10; 2- Kaveer Mehta bt Vivaan Waingankar 21-7, 21-9.

Girls U-15 (Semi-finals): 1-Thea Sheth bt Ananya Katdare 21-16, 21-8; Risha Parab bt 2-Anvi Kakade 21-15, 14-21, 21-9.

Boys U-15 (Semi-finals): 1-Akshat Raisurana bt Kaveer Mehta 21-8, 21-11; 2-Vikrant Singh Negi bt Anmol Sharma 16-21, 21-9, 21-18.

Girls U-19 (Semi-finals): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Devanshi Shinde 21-5, 21-7; 2-Riya Vinherkar bt Vedika Kulkarni 21-9, 21-6;

Boys U-19 (Semi-finals): 1-Harshit Mahimkar bt Anay Pingulkar 21-13, 21-11; Akshat Raisurana bt 2-Sahil Gurbuxani 21-16, 21-16;
Men Singles (Quarter-finals): Piyush Kamble bt 1-Nigel Dsa 21-14, 21-18; Harshit Mahimkar bt Daras Nadar 21-10, 21-8; Ruturaj Rathod bt Kshitij Shinde 21-5, 21-11; Ajay Meena bt 2-Aaryavardhan Jadhav 21-12, 21-13.

Women Singles (Quarter-finals): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Sneha Mhadlekar 15-3, 15-3; Devanshi Shinde bt Krisha Shah 21-13, 17-21, 21-18; Vedika Kulkarni bt Natasha Daswani 21-14, 21-7; 2-Shivani Herlekar bt Rima Jain 21-12, 21-7.