G D Birla Memorial semi-finals report

Captions:  Sushant Niddodi and Sejal Sheth in action in the 80+ mixed doubles semi-finals

Mahesh Chhabria and Ashok Sharma in action in the men’s 110+ men’s doubles semi-finals

Daga to meet Mohan in final; in line for double

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Top seed Shailesh Daga set up a title clash with Sandeep Mohan in the 45+ men’s singles of the

28th G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, hosted by Badminton 45 and Bombay Gymkhana and managed by Badminton Gurukul, at their courts, here, on Sunday.

In the semi-finals, Daga outplayed Narendra Sawardekar 21-15, 21-13, while Sandeeo ended the fine run of Justin Joseph, winning 21-11, 21-18.

Daga also made the final of the men’s 45+ doubles along with Ayaz Bilawala, defeating Bibhas Chaterjee and Yogesh Sanghvi 21-18, 21-9, to set up a title clash with George Koshy and Rajesh Bhanushali, who fought hard to get the better of Rajat Moitra and Sandeep Mohan 21-19, 10-21, 22-20.

Also entering two finals was Naheed Divecha, who first partnered with Sarita Jethwani to enter the women’s 75+ doubles final with a 21-8, 21-6 win over Nilakshi Bhatnagar and Rupali Gupta and then, along with Ayaz Bilawala,  got a walkover in the 80+ mixed doubles semi-finals.

Results:

Results:

Professional Men’s Double Final

Dinesh Golbare/Manoj Nachnekar bt Kalpesh Padekar/Sanjay Golbare – 20-22, 21-12, 21-19.

Men’s Singles 45 Semi Finals:

Sandeep Mohan bt Justin Joseph – 21-11, 21-8; Shailesh Daga bt Narendra Sawardekar 21-15, 21-13.

Men’s Doubles 45 Semi Finals

Ayaz Bilawal/Shailesh Daga bt Bibhas Chaterjee/Yogesh Sanghvi – 21-18, 21-9; George Koshy/Rajesh Bhanushali bt Rajat Moitra /Sandeep Mohan – 21-19, 10-21, 22-20.

Men’s Doubles 45 Quarter Finals

Ayaz Bilawal/Shailesh Daga bt Ketan Patel/Rajendra Naik – 15-13, 15-7; Bibhas Chaterjee/Yogesh Sanghvi bt Ashish Kapila/Fabian – 15-11, 13-15, 15-6; George Koshy/Rajesh Bhanushali bt Anand Vithalkar/Anis Badami – 15-6, 15-12; Rajat Moitra /Sandeep Mohan bt Dhirendra Maurya/Mahesh Chhabria – 15-10, 6-15, 15-10.

Women’s Doubles 75+ Semi Finals

Naheed Divecha/Sarita Jetwani bt Nilakshi Bhatnagar/Rupali Gupta – 21-8, 21-6; Kiran Shete/Priya Ambekar bt Nidhi Hosangady/Paromita Phulwaria – 21-16, 21-13.

XD 80+ Semi Finals

Ayaz Bilawala/Naheed Divecha (Got WO against) Hamir Desai/Shalini Kandhari; Sushant Niddodi/Sejal Sheth  bt Russell Drego/Sareeta Jetwani – 21-9, 21-13.

Mens doubles 85+ Semi Finals

Rajesh D’souza/Sushant Niddodi bt Faisal Siddique/Rajan – 21-13, 21-12; PM Balakrishna/Siddharth Gupta bt Mitesh Arora/Prashant Shah – 17-21, 22-20, 21-11.

Mens doubles 85+ Quarter Finals

Rajesh D’souza/Sushant Niddodi bt Kousambi Roy/Vishal Manchanda – 15-9, 15-6; Faisal Siddique/Rajan bt Anis Badami/Sushant Shetty – 15-11, 7-15, 15-13; Mitesh Arora/Prashant Shah bt Chandrashekhar Pitre/Vijesh Nair – 13-15, 15-14, 15-13; PM Balakrishna/Siddharth Gupta bt Jinesh Mehta/Sachin Mehta – 15-5, 15-10;

Men’s Doubes  110+ Semi Finals

Bibhash Chatarjee/Rajesh D’souza bt Gautam Ashra/Shailesh Daga – 17-21, 21-19, 21-17; Ashok Sharma/Mahesh Chhabria bt Amol Shah/Naval Bir Kumar – 13-21, 25-23, 21-16.

G D Birla Team Quarter Finals

MCF B bt Country Club – 2-1; NSCI A bt Chembur Gymkhana – 2-1; Bombay Gymkhana A bt CCI A – 2-1; Andheri Sports Complex bt Goregaon Sports Complex – 2-1.