Mumbai: Young talented shuttler Taarini Suri enjoyed a triple treat winning in impressive fashion all her three matches in the girls’ (U-13, 15, 17) singles matches of the Greater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2019, organised by the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association and hosted by the cricket Club of India and played at the club’s badminton courts on Tuesday.
The 12-year-old student of J B Petit School, Fort displayed fine skills and amazing court craft to account for Sukhada Gulhane winning straight games in a girls’ under-17 quarter-final encounter. The energetic Taarini playing in the under-17 event for the first time showed no signs of nerves and instead was bubbling with confidence as she charged to a comfortable 21-10, 21-7 victory to complete a rewarding day and book a spot in the semi-finals.
Earlier, Taarini the top seed in the under-15 event and the defending champion, easily got past Riya Choudhary, winning at 21-6, 21-10 in a quarter-final encounter.
She signed off her day's engagement overcoming Jana Deshpande 15-2, 15-1 in the under-13 section to book her place in the last eight of the championship. Darius Pardiwala and Aaryavardhan Jadhav the top two seeds in the boys’ U-17 singles event comfortable won their respective quarter-final matches. The top seed Pardiwala tamed Hridhay Tejura 21-5, 21-4, while Jadhav defeated Pranav Kamble 21-8, 21-6.
Results
Girls (U-15; Qfs); 1-T Suri bt R Choudhary 21-6, 21-10; T Yadav bt V Mishra 21-12, 21-6; S Suryavanshi bt S Chary 24-22, 18-21, 21-17; 2-N K Bhatoye bt S Gulhane 21-9, 21-14. Under-17: 1-S Panchal bt S Gala 21-12, 21-15; N K Bhatoye bt K Shah 21-4, 21-7; T Suri bt S Gulhane 21-10, 21-7; 2-S Mardolkar walkover Dia. Under-13: (Rd-2): 1-NK Bhatoye bt B Katrak 15-5, 15-5; M Shinde bt R Shah 15-5, 15-6; S Dahake bt L Marathe 15-8, 15-2; R Vinherkar bt T Adivarekar 15-2, 15-0; A Shah bt A Nanda 15-7, 15-7; T Yadav bt Z Motorwala 15-2, 15-7; U Joshi bt R Kanolkar 15-11, 15-10; 2-T Suri bt J Deshpande 15-2, 15-1.
Boys (U-13 Rd-2): N Nayak bt E Motorwala 15-8, 15-11; V Jhunjhunwala bt Y Pawar 15-11, 15-12; H Mahimkar bt M H Shakir 15-2, 15-5; D Varma bt A Jain 15-3, 15-4; A P Sikchi bt P Lele 15-8, 15-12; A Rustomji bt A Lamb 15-9, 15-14; H Viswanathan bt D Ghatode 15-7, 15-8; A Tathgir bt S Rohan 15-2, 15-4. Under-17 (Qfs): 1-D Pardiwala bt H Tejura 21-5, 21-4; R Sundaram bt V Sawant 21-14, 21-18; C Yadav bt A Patel 21-7, 21-2; 2-A Jadhav bt P Kamble 21-8, 21-6.
FPJ Sports Desk
