by Suman Gupta
Top seeded Naishaa easily sail into pre-quarters
Mumbai, May 30: Greater Mumbai shuttler and top seed Naishaa Bhatoye enjoyed smooth sailing and cruised past Arya Mestry (Mumbai Suburban) winning in staright games at 15-2, 15-3 in a Girls’ U-17 singles Round-32 match of the Suhas Nadkarni Memorial Yonex Sunrise Maharashtra State Open Badminton Tournament 2023, organized by the MIG Cricket Club under the auspices of the Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) and played at the Andheri Sports Complex courts on Tuesday.
Second seed Ketaki Thite of Mumbai Suburban did not have to break into a sweat as her opponent Sarathaa Devi Chidambaram did not report for their R-32 match.
Meanwhile, in an absorbing and keenly contested Round-32 match, Thea Sheth quelled the spirited challenge from Ashvini Shetty and went on to clinch a hard-fought 15-9, 13-15 and 18-16 victory in little less than half an hour.
In another interesting Round-32 match that went the distance, Deepti Pillay gallantly fought back after losing a tense opening game. She played with more intent and greater determination to snatch a come-from-behind win against Purva Bagkar carving out a 15-17, 15-2 and 15-11 win to advance to the pre-quarter-finals.
Round 64: Anvisha Ghorpade bt Sarah Saxena 15,9 15-4; Harshita Jadhav W/o Suhani Bansal; Yana Maheshwari W/o Natania Maurya; Salenaa Bhombal W/o Pooja Pichurle; Purva Bagkar bt Titiksha Bodele 15-13, 15-11; Dhun Sanghvi bt Kamakshi Sharma 15-7, 15-4; Ashvini Shetty bt Swara Pote 9-15, 15-10, 15-11; Antonella Bria bt Ishita Agarwal 15-3, 15-8;
Round 32: 1-Bhatoye Naishaa bt Arya Mestry 15-2, 15-3; Deepti Pillay bt Purva Bagkar 15-17, 15-2, 15-11; Kenisha Chavan W/o Nirmitee Gajbhiye; Myra Oak bt Ana Bhatia 15-11, 15-8; Saisha Vinerkar bt Khushi Pahwa 15-6, 15-10; Rashi Hegde bt Sanskruti Patil 15-6, 15-7; Dhun Sanghvi bt Janvhi Shah 15-8, 15-12; Riya Vinherkar bt Kaavya Pandyan 15-0, 15-4; Thea Sheth bt Ashvini Shetty 15-9, 13-15, 18-16; Aditi Gawade bt Devika Indulkar 15-5, 15-0; Meemansha Shresh bt Antonella Bria 15-13, 15-8; 2-Ketaki Thite W/o Sarathaa Devi Chidambaram.
