Mumbai : Shantanu Mane, a wonder boy from Sangli, put up a heart-warming show while scoring a terrific 10-11, 11-9, 11-9 win over Pune’s Ayush Khandekar in the PNB Metlife West Zone junior badminton championships held at Goregaon Sports Club here today. Both the boys fought Hard and it looked like a touch and go affair with fortunes swaying before Shantanu emerged a worthy winner.
In another close encounter, Devansh Lodha squeezed past Pune’s Jasraj Kriplani 7-11, 11-10, 11-9, But Pune’s Aditi Mahajan fought back after losing the first game against Janhvi Khanna to make the last 16 in the girls under-17 singles. 5-11, 11-8, 11-7. In the girls under-15 singles Satara’s Aarya Deshpande and Mumbai’s Janhavi Jagtap were the impressive winners in their way into last 16.
Results
Boys (U-17) singles (Round of 32): Ishan Bhatnagar (Raipur) bt Satyaveer Chauhan (Mum) 11-8, 11-7; Chinmay Dongarkar (Pune) bt Soham Ganacharya (Thane) 11-10, 1q1-9; Shantanu Mane (Sangli) bt Ayush Khandekar (Pune) 10-11, 11-9, 11-9; Adheep Gupta (Mum) bt Vishwam Parikh (Mum) 11-4, 11-4; Darshan Bhalerao bt Paras Doshi (Mum) 11-9, 11-8; Yash Shah (Mum) bt Manas Rane (Mum) 11-4, 11-9; Parthy Deshpande (Pune) bt Sahil Ingale (Sangli) 11-6, 11-3; Devansh Lodha bt Jasraj Kriplani (Pune) 7-11, 11-10, 11-9; Aditya Solanki (Maha) bt Harsh Chouksey (Bhopal) 11-2, 11-3; Aaditya Kadam (Vadodra) bt Arnava Singh (Pune) 11-8, 11-9.
