MUMBAI: The left-right combination of Sushant Niddodi and Bhushan Paithankar survived some anxious moments before squeezed past Harsh Jagdane/Nihar Kelkar 30-29 to enter the men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals of the men’s double of the Maharashtra State Open Doubles Challenge, held at Goregaon Sports Club here today. This was the closest tie of the day where top seeds Abhidnya Sawant nd Prasad Shetty and the second seeded Shlok Ramchandrana and Aditya Pandya bulldozed past their rivals with their allround aggression, which left their opponents dazed.
Junior pair of Janhavi Jagtap and Arya Shetty surprised their senior rivals Radhika Dagaonkar and Kairavi Thakore 30-23 to make the women’s doubles semifinals.
Results: Women’s doubles (Quarterfinals): (1) Aishawarya N/Vallari Bukane bt Nivedita Rao/Shreya Bhadkar 30-3; Janhavi Jagtap/Arya Shetty bt Radhika Dagaonkar/Kairavi Thakore 30-23; Pooja Devlekar/ Farah M bt Sanika Walawankar 30-13; Shruti Sinha/Namitha Shetty w/o Jyot Kaur/Himanshi Pandey.
Mixed doubles (Quarterfinals): (1) Shlok Ramchandran/Farah M bt Sunny Gondiya/Cherry Desuza 30-9; Radhika Dagonkar/Deep Rambhia bt Soham Seth/Divya Hegde 30-11; Sai Dinesh Reddy/ Himanashi Pandey bt Akshan Shetty/Arya Shetty 30-19; Harsh Jagdane/Pooja Devlekar 30-19.
Men’s open doubles (Round of 32): (1) Abhidnya Sawant/Prasad Shetty bt Ved Nishad / Ankeet 30-20; Akshan Shetty/Ajinkya Patharkar bt U.Waghoo/Soham Kulkarni30-21; Akshat Patil/Foraz Mulani 30-11; Sai Dinesh Reddt/Deep Rambhia bt Rajendra Sapre/Gaurav Shah 30-21; Sandeep Mohan/Vikrant Karanjkar 30-21; Amey Joshi/Nikhil Kolhatkar bt Shubham Pal/ Chetan Valmiki 30-20; Yash Salian/Mohit Kainani btSanket Shirbate/Kartik Khona 30-28; Siddesh Aroskar/Sojdhraj Shah bt Satyajeet Jagdhane/Varun Padhye 30-27; Amit Singh/ahbhishek Tulaskar bt Manish Hadfkar/George Koshy 30-22; Vishal Rode/Chintamani Lawand bt Keshav Madon/Kunal Palwankar 30-22; Amit Khadg/Arijeet Bose bt Abhijeet Patul/James M 30-8; Amit Kawale/Aditya Kale bt Ashish Punia/Nilesh Tiwari 30-16; Sushant Niddodi/Bhushan Paithankar bt Harsh Jagdane/Nihar Kelkar 30-29; Rahul Hemdan/Manoj Bhujbal bt Sauarbh Bapat/Unnat Sangle 30-17; Shlok Ramchandran/Aditya Pandya bt Soumil shinde/Atharva Nachankar 30-4.
CLOCK FOR SUNDAY
BADMINTON – 10 a.m. onwards – Maharashtra State Open Doubles Challenge, Goregaon Sports Club.