Promising talent Piyush Kamble played with plenty of determination and managed to defeat Pawan Singh in three games at 15-6, 12-15, 15-11 in a men’s singles pre-quarter-final match of the Sportzfirst-CCI & GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2024, played at the CCI Badminton courts on Wednesday.
In the quarter-finals, Kamble will meet top seed Nigel D’Sa who beat Devansh Nisar 15-3, 15-3.
In another interesting match of the day, Akshat Raisurana brushed a strong challenge from Kanishq Gurram clinching a well-deserved 21-13, 18-21, 22-20 victory in a boys’ under-19 singles quarter-finals encounter.
In a girls’ under-15 match, which went the distance, Ananya Katdare once again had to bring out her best to overcome the spirited challenge from Rudra Gawde coasting to a 22-20, 9-21, 21-14 victory to advance to the semi-final.
Results – Girls’ U-11 singles (quarter-finals): 1-Aanya Iyer bt Myrah Reshamwala 15-3, 15-1; Taara Patwardhan bt Atreyi Rao 21-6, 21-19; Fatima Warsi bt Aaira Shah 15-8, 15-3; 2-Insiyah Taherali Tilawadwala bt Zeel Gala 15-8, 15-5.
Boys’ U-11 singles (quarter-finals): 1-Aadiraj Shetty bt Vedaan Gupta 21-2, 21-4; Kabir Raheja bt Prithvi Gain 21-11, 21-8; Vivaan Waingankar bt Arjun Vira 21-6, 21-5; 2-Vir Butani bt Saransh Jain
Girls U-15 Singles (quarter-finals): 1-Thea Sheth bt Rutuja Tanwar 15-3, 15-1; Ananya Katdare bt Rudra Gawde 22-20, 9-21, 21-14; Risha Parab bt Shaanvi Shah 21-8, 21-8; 2-Anvi Kakade bt Anvisha Ghorpade 19-21, 21-18, 21-13.
Girls’ U-19 singles (quarter-finals): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Thea Sheth 21-4, 21-8; Devanshi Shinde bt Ananya Shah 21-11, 21-14; Vedika Kulkarni bt Saanchi Santi 21-14, 21-5; 2-Riya Vinherkar bt Mahika Vardhan 21-7, 21-8.
Men’s singles (3rd round): 1-Nigel D’Sa bt Devansh Nisar 15-3, 15-3; Piyush Kamble bt Pawan Singh 15-6, 12-15, 15-11; Harshit Mahimkar bt Kanishq Gurram 15-9, 15-8; Daras Nadar bt Raj More 15-11, 15-5; Kshitij Shinde bt Satyasheel Kulkarni 15-14, 15-13; Ruturaj Rathod bt Mishil Shah 15-7, 15-13; Ajay Meena bt Jehan Daboo 15-7, 15-6; 2-Aaryavardhan Jadhav bt Tilak Kanungo 15-5, 15-16.
