Top seeds Mangirish Palekar and Vikrant Patwardhan overcame a tough challenge in the first game before running away with the second to end up 22-20, 21-11 winners against Mitesh Arora and Vikas Shetty and enter the Men's Doubles 45 final in the G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, co-hosted by Bombay Gymkhana and promoted by Badminton Gurukul, here, on Saturday.
In the final, they will take on Gautam Laud and Sandeep Mohan, who upset the second seeds Ayaz Bilawala and Shailesh Daga 21-17, 21-17. Palekar also made the 85+ doubles finals, keeping himself in line for a double.
Also entering two title rounds was Manoj Nachanekar, the top seed among the professionals. In the singles, Nachanekar beat Premal Mankar 21-16, 21-16 to set up a clash with second seed Chetan Bhandarkar, who was taken the distance by Akshay Kanchawade before winning 21-19, 19-21, 21-12.
Nachanekar also made the professional doubles final along with Rahul Bhuvad and will take on Kalpesh Padekar and Sanjay Golbare, who upset the second seeds Pranit Bane and Premal Mankar 21-17, 21-17.
Results
MD 45-Semi final
Mangirish Palekar [1]/Vikrant Patwardhan beat Miitesh Arora/Vikas Shetty 22-20, 21-11; Gautam Laud/Sandeep Mohan beat Ayaz Bilawala [2]/Shailesh Daga 21-17, 21-17
MD 85+ - Semifinal
Deepak Jaitly [1]/Mangirish Palekar beat Aditya Swamy/Sandeep Mohan 21-12, 21-17; Nigel D'Sa/Rohan Radhakrishnan beat Raveesh Mohan [2]/Sushant Shetty 21-19, 21-18;
Professional Doubles - Semifinal
Manoj Nachanekar [1]/Rahul Bhuvad beat Ananda Maskar/Rajan Samant 21-15, 21-18; Kalpesh Padekar/Sanjay Golbare beat Pranit Bane [2]/Premal Mankar 21-17, 21-7;
Professional Singles - Semifinal
Manoj Nachanekar [1] beat Premal Mankar 21-16, 21-16; Chetan Bandarkar [2] beat Akshay Kanchawade 21-9, 19-21, 21-12;
WD 75+ - Semifinal
Aparna Popat [1]/Naheed Divecha beat Sarita Jethwani/Shweta Thakur 21-16, 21-16
Team Championship - Plate Cup - Semifinal
Mcf A beat Jolly A 2-1; Wcg A beat Cc Baddies 2 2-0;
Team Championship - Elite Cup - Semifinal
Bombay Gymkhana A beat Catholic Gymkhana 2-0; Goregaon Sports Club beat MIG Cricket Club 2-1;
XD 80+ - Semifinal
Sandeep Mohan/Sonal Jagdale More beat Shivkiran Thakur [2]/Naheed Divecha 21-13, 21-17
