Top seed Shashwat advances to the 2nd round

Pic Caption: Top seed Shashwat Kumar after his dominating victory in the first round of the ongoing Gautam Thakkar Memorial Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament 2019, supported by Shyam Bhatia Cricket for Care foundation and promoted by Badminton Gurukul, the tournament and played at the Bombay Gymkhana courts on Friday

Mumbai 27th September:  Top-seeded Shashwat Kumar displayed a brilliant performance to defeat K Durgesh 30-15 in the first round of the ongoing Gautam Thakkar Memorial Sub-Junior Badminton Tournament 2019, supported by Shyam Bhatia Cricket for Care foundation and promoted by Badminton Gurukul and played at the Bombay Gymkhana courts on Friday.

Shashwat dominated his opponent right from the start with taking an early lead with his fierce smashes. Durgesh only managed to score 6 points and found himself trailing 6-15 at the halfway mark.  In the second half,  Shashwat raced to five straight points to expand his lead but lost focus in the middle and gifted easy points to his opponent. Shashwat quickly regained composure to close the match on a high with a 30-15 victory. 2nd seed Oskar Mathew also had an easy day as he secured a 30-7 win over Jehan Maniar.

In the Girls U-17 match, Shreya Chary impressed with her speed and skills as she completely dominated Tanvi Nandgaonkar on her way to a commanding 30-3 victory finishing her game in under 10 minutes. In the girls U-15 tie, Pahal Thakkar survived a scare as she managed to score back to back points and edge past Vinita Suresh with a 30-26 victory. Meanwhile, Ananya Shah managed to overcome a strong challenge from Sanjivani Suryavanshi as she secured a 30-29 victory in a thrilling encounter. 

The top seeds in Boy's Doubles U-17 had an easy outing as the no 1 seed Harshi Doshi and no 2 seed Pranav Kamble both paired up with their unseeded partners and secured easy victories to advance to the next round. 

Boys Singles Under 13

Shashwat Kumar [1] bt K Durgesh 30-15;Oskar Mathew [2] bt Jehan Maniar 30-7; Aarav Lamb bt Vivaan Bagree 30-28 ; Ayaan Padnekar bt Dhananjay Ghatode 30-21; Tanish Patil bt Vedant Shivkumar 30-9; Jayden Noronha bt Laksh Shroff 30-15;  Pravit Sahu bt Ayush Deswal 30-14; Arnav Dagli bt Anay Pingulkar 30-8; Yatish Ahuja bt Lakshya Hirawat 30-27; Jash Gupta bt Aaryan Godse 30-17;  Nishant Pramod bt Taizun Bootwala 30-7; Sagar Menon bt Leon Fernandes 30-15;  Ritvik Sheth bt Vedant Sawant 30-18; Malhar Mehendale bt Aarav Lamb 30-23; 

Girls Singles Under 17

Vinita Suresh bt Niya Nelson 30-14; Alisha Khan bt Anindita Nair 30-19; Kashika Mahajan bt Sana Parulekar 30-11; Shreya Chary bt Tanvi Nandgaonkar 30-3;

Girls Singles Under 15

Manali Parulekar bt Naysa Seth 30-2; Avni Kanani bt Niharika Maurya 30-20; Sukhanda Gulhane bt Naesha Mehta 30-10; Taarushi Yadav bt Nandini Kataria 30-19; Ashvini V Shetty bt Aditi Patel 30-20; Shreya Chary bt Sana Parulekar 30-16; Pahal Thakkar bt Vinita Suresh 30-26; Ananya Shah bt Sanjivani Suryavanshi 30-29; Vedika Kulkarni bt Palak Bhaety 30-17

Boys Doubles Under 17

Harshil Doshi [1]/Parthive Nair bt Arnav Bhosale/Atharva Bhate 30-14; Ainoor Khan/Om Pawar bt Sagar Menon/Sreyas Srivastav 30-27; Pranav Kamble [2]/Vaishnav Pashte bt Aaryan Bagdi/Shaurya Mehta 30-13; Malhar Joshi/Sujal Sawant bt Piyush Kamble/Soham Dhamankar 30-8