Deerav-Saumya win thriller

In other closely-contested doubles encounters,Ajaz Shaikh and Rameez Mohammad beat Ankita Sharma and Waqar Pathan 3-11,11-10,11-9,11-4,while Naresh Kumar and Imroz Pathan prevailed over Yakub Shaikh and Bhavesh Shah 11-7,11-9,11-9.

In the individual events,Goa’s Yash Salunkhe,Rahil Peris and siblings Yash and Om Fadte progressed to the next round with Adithya Raghavan and S Velavan of Tamil Nadu and Mumbai’s top juniors Aryan Parikh and Jash Chheda of Matunga Gymkhana,Dev Vazirani of Khar Gymkhana and Yohann Surti of Willingdon Sports Club.

Results: Doubles (1st Rd): Ajaz Shaikh/Rameez Mohammad bt Ankita Sharma/Waqar Pathan 3-11,11-10,11-9,11-4; Naresh Kumar/Imroz Pathan bt Yakub Shaikh/Bhavesh Shah 11-7,11-9,11-9; Deerav Moolani/Saumya Karki bt Soni Mirani/Shashi Gupta 11-10,11-10,7-11,11-9; Under-9 (2nd Rd): Yash Salunke (Goa) bt Ria Rajiv Punati 11-1,11-0,11-3; Boys’ U-11 (3rd Rd): Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Om Fadte (Goa) 11-7,13-11,11-8; 2nd Rd: Tushar Shahani (Khar Gym) bt Aryan Grover 11-0,11-2,11-0; Shreeman bt Vedant Mehra 5-11,11-4,7-11,12-10,11-9; Aahaan Nalavadi bt Yash Salunke (Goa) 11-6,11-8,11-7; Om Fadte (Goa) bt Adyant Deshpande 11-1,11-2,11-3; Jash Chheda (Matunga Gym) bt Aaryan Naik 11-2,11-3,11-5; Under-13: Pre-Quarter-finals: Aryan Parekh (Matunga Gym) bt Om Fadte (Goa) 11-1,11-2,11-3; 2nd Rd: Rahul Rajak bt Rayhan Wadia 11-6,11-5,11-1; Dev Vazirani (Khar Gym) bt Shivam Shorewala 11-0,11-1,11-1; S Shreeman bt Kabir Aswani 9-11,16-14,11-8,3-11,11-6; Rahil Peris (Goa) bt Yash Fadte (Goa) 5-11,11-6,11-8,11-5; Rutvik Rau bt Ancheet Sardesai 11-5,11-7,11-6; 1st Rd: Adithya Raghavan (TN) bt Aryan Easwaran 11-5,11-2,11-1; Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Neel Karia 11-2,11-3,11-4; U-15 (3rd Rd): S Velavan (TN) bt Neel Karia 11-6,11-8,11-6; 2nd Rd: S Velavan (TN) bt Aman Kumbhani 11-9,11-4,11-9; Adithya Raghavan (TN) bt Rutvik Rau 11-0,11-1,11-2; Yohann Surti (Willingdon SC) bt Aryan Parekh (Matunga) 11-9,11-5,11-5; Harsh Wadhwa bt Akshat Biyani 11-4,11-4,11-0; Sandeep Paswan (Jindal) bt Vedant Nevatia 11-4,11-2,11-3; Aishwarya Singh (Jindal) bt Ayan Sengupta 11-4,11-7,11-2; U-17 (1st Rd): Aman Kumbani bt Pradeep Chaudary 11-6,11-2,11-7; S Velavan (TN) bt Puneet Parekh 11-6,11-7,11-8; Aishwarya Singh (Jindal) bt Aniruddha Singh 11-1,11-2,11-7; Akhilesh Yadav (Jindal) bt C M Jaganath 11-0,11-1,11-0; Professionals (1st Rd): Sachin Jadhav (JVPG) bt Anil Mohite (JVPG) 11-6,11-6,11-9.