Unseeded Anvisha Ghorpade got the better of second seed Imaan Motorwala to enter the final of the Girls U-15 singles in the Gautam Thakkar Memorial Maharashtra State Junior Badminton Championships, hosted by Bombay Gymkhana at their courts, here, in Friday.
Anvisha won a close encounter 21-18, 21-18 to set up a title clash with top seed Rudra Gawde, who got the better of Anishka Karthik 21-14, 21-17.
Rudra kept herself in line for a double when she partnered Imaaan Motorwala to defeat Anaaya Parikh and Jahnvi Vora 21-1, 21-2 to make the final round.
Results:
Girls U-15 Round of Semifinal: Rudra Gawde bt Anishka Karthik 21-14, 21-17; Anvisha Ghorpade bt Imaan Motorwala 21-18, 21-18.
Girls double U-15 Round of Semifinal: Rudra Gawde/Imaan Motorwala bt Anaaya Parikh/Jahnvi Vora 21-1, 21-2; Anishka Karthik/Avni Shetty bt Aavni Shetty/Vishruti Namana 21-14, 21-16.
Girls U-13 Round of Semifinal:* Spruha Joshi bt Anushree Modlimbkar 21-10, 21-9; Hazel Joshi bt Naomi Paul 21-5, 21-7.
Girls U-11 Round of Semifinal:* Shanaya Tavate bt Aarohi Salunkhe 21-19, 21-9; Kanaka S Indalkar bt Taara Patwardhan11-21, 21-12, 21-13.
Boys: U-15 Round of Semifinal: Aditya Prasad Padwal bt Kaavya Parmar 21-9, 21-5; Mayank Rajput bt Vikrant Singh Negi 21-17, 21-14.
Boys doubles: U-15 Round of Semifinal: Chandranshu Gundle/Shaarav Shahane bt Aditya Waske/Tirthesh Shah 21-13, 20-22, 21-13; Aditya Padwal/Vikrant Singh Negi bt Arjun Raut/Prabir Cheema 21-7, 21-11.
Boys U-13: Round of Semifinal: Alfy Mekkadath bt Kaveer Mehta 23-21, 21-13; Ajinkya Desai bt Vivaan Waingankar 21-16, 21-19.
Boys U-11 Round of Semifinal: Vivaan Waingankar bt Nevan Denis 21-8, 21-13; Saurabh Darji bt Toyesh Das 21-17, 21-9.
