The top two seeds Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye and Shivani Herlekar took their appointed place in the women’s singles final of the CCI- GMBA Yonex Sunrise District Badminton Championship 2025.
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The undisputed queen of Mumbai District badminton and the top seed Bhatoye eased past unseeded Thea Sheth, cruising to a 21-9, 21-13 win in the first semi-final, at the CCI badminton courts.
Later, second seed Herlekar faced quite a strong challenge from unseeded Devanshi Shinde in the second semi-final. Herlekar had to bring out her best to overcome Devanshi Shinde by carving out a hard-fought three-game 24-22, 18-21, 24-22 victory.
In the girls’ U17 semi-finals, the number one seed and firm favourite staved off a spirited challenge from unseeded Rudra Gawde by recording a 21-17, 21-11 win to seal her place in the final.
Unseeded Imaan Motorwalla put up a solid, determined performance to knock out second seed Thea Sheth by posting a straight-game 21-8, 21-14 victory to set up a title clash with Risha.
Results – All semi-finals:
Girls’ U-11 singles: 1-Taara Patwardhan bt Myrah Reshamwala 21-8, 21-5; 2-Eman Choksi bt Lamiya Kapsi 21-8, 21-8.
Girls’ U-13 singles: Shrawani Khairnar bt Nishika Toprani 21-11, 21-4; Aarna Chandak bt Aradhya Singh 21-19, 21-8.
Girls’ U-17 singles: 1-Risha Parab bt Rudra Gawde 21-17, 21-11;
Imaan Motorwalla bt 2-Thea Sheth 21-8, 21-14.
Boys’ U-11 singles: Vivaan Waingankar bt Siddharth Kane 21-2, 21-1; 2-Vir Butani bt Vedant Gupta 21-15, 21-17.
Boys’ U-13 singles: 1-K Mehta bt K Gandhi 21-6, 21-6; Vivaan Waingankar bt Vedant Gupta 21-13, 21-8.
Boys’ U-17 singles: 1-Harshit Mahimkar bt Akshat Raisurana 21-13, 21-9; 2-Anay Pingulkar bt Adyant Gupta 21-18, 21-14.
Women’s singles: 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Thea Sheth 21-9, 21-13; 2-Shivani Herlekar bt Devanshi Shinde 24-22, 18-21, 24-22.