Sharayu Ranjane and Harshit Mahimkar created major upsets at the Maharashtra State U-19 Badminton Selection Tournament, defeating higher-ranked players to advance to the quarter-finals. Top seeds also moved forward, some after tough fights.
Sharayu Ranjane of Pune and Greater Mumbai's Harshit Mahimkar occupied centre stage at the Willingdon SC, defeating higher-ranked players to advance to the Girls and Boys U-19 quarter-finals of the Maharashtra State U-19 Badminton Selection Tournament, organised by GMBA and hosted by Willingdon SC, a release said.
While unseeded Sharayu played a superior game to oust 5th seed city mate Navya Ranka 15-10, 15-13, Mahimkar kept his nerves in the decider to oust 4th seed Pranay Gadewar of Nagpur 15-8, 9-15, 15-13. Also scoring an upset win was Aaysuh Adey, of Pune, seeded 13, who shunted out city mate eighth seed Nikshep Katre 15-11, 15-12.
Top seed Yutika Chavan of Pune had a fight on her hands against unseeded Pranjal Shinde of Raigad before winning 15-10, 13-15, 15-8 and so did seventh seed Nishika Gokhe of Nagpur, who survived a scare before rallying to defeat Raigad's Gatha Suryawanshi 15-9, 15-10, 15-12.
Meanwhile, the top two seeds among the boys, Arjun Aluguvelli (Mumbai Suburb) and Rutva Sajwan (Nagpur) stayed on course for a crack at the top spot, winning their matches with ease and so did the girls second seed, Ridheema Sarpate of Nagpur.
Results
Boys Singles U19 - Round of 16
Arjun Aluguvelli (Mumbai Suburb) (1) beat Sudip Khorate (Pune) - 15-9, 15-10;
Rutva Sajwan (Nagpur) (2) beat Rujul Wadate (Thane) -15-8, 15-12;
Tanay Mehendale (Raigad) (3) beat Prasanna Manna (Sangli) - 15-9, 15-2;
Avadhut Kadam (Pune) (5) beat Yash Gaurav Sinha (Thane) (9) - 15-9, 15-9;
Harshit Mahimkar (Greater Mumbai) beat Pranay Gadewar (Nagpur) (4) - 15-8, 9-15, 15-13;
Aayush Adey (Pune) (13) beat Nikshep Katre (Pune) (8) - 15-11, 15-12;
Ojas Joshi (Pune) (6) beat L. Abhigyan Singha (Pune) - 15-8, 15-11;
Eashwara Uppu (Raigad) beat Dhruv Nikam (Pune) (7) - 15-13, 15-10;
Girls Singles U19 - Round of 16
Yutika Chavan (Pune) (1) beat Pranjal Shinde (Raigad) - 15-10, 13-15, 15-8;
Ridheema Sarpate (Nagpur) (2) beat Sharvari Survase (Pune) - 15-10, 15-13;
Nishika Gokhe (Nagpur) (7) beat Gatha Suryawanshi (Raigad) - 15-9, 10-15, 15-12;
Ketaki Thite (Mumbai Suburb) beat Dakshayni Patil (Kolhapur) - 15-9, 15-5;
Sharayu Ranjane (Pune) beat Navya Ranka (Pune) (5) - 15-10, 15-13;
Khyati Katre (Pune) beat Anushka Epte (Raigad) (8) - 15-11, 15-8;
Yashwi Patel (Pune) beat Anannya Shinde (Washim) - 15-13, 15-9;
Dhun Sanghvi (Buldhana) beat Ira Apte (Pune) - 15-8, 17-15.
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