The number one seed Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye and second seed Thea Sheth stormed into the Girls’ U-19 singles semi-finals of the CCI Yonex Sunrise Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2026, organised by the Cricket Club of India in association with the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA), and played at the CCI courts.
Naishaa Kaur Bhotye in action
The fancied and oft-crowned champion Naishaa called the shots against Imaam Motorwala and raced to a 21-6, 21-6 victory in a quarter-final encounter.
Later, Thea encountered quite a challenge from Risha Parab but managed to pull through scripting a 21-12, 21-12 verdict.
In a closely contested encounter, Anvisha Ghorpade lost the first game against Rudra Gawde. But made a strong fight back to record a satisfying 16-21, 21-16, 21-19 win also progress to the semi-finals.
Devanshi Shinde completed the semi-final line-up as she defeated Angela Mittal 21-4, 21-15 in another quarter-final match.
Results – Girls’ U-19 singles (quarter-finals): 1-Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye bt Imaan Motorwala 21-6, 21-6; Anvisha Ghorpade bt Rudra Gawde 16-21, 21-16, 21-19; Devanshi Shinde bt Angela Mittal 21-4, 21-15; 2-Thea Sheth bt Risha Parab 21-12, 21-12.
Girls’ U-11 (quarter-finals): Lamiya Kapasi 21-18, 18-21, 21-12; Anaisha Agarwal bt Shreya Kondvilkar 21-8, 21-6; Saisha Irani bt Devika Bade 21-10, 21-6; Peher Satra bt Sannaita Shah 21-14, 21-8.
Boys’ U-11 (quarter-finals): Ruhaan Bade bt Kabir Vardhan Desai 21-10, 21-12; Jay Shah bt Agastya Mehta 21-11, 21-9; Malhaar Shimpi bt Siddharth Katkar 21-12, 21-15.