Rohit survives scare

Bespectacled Reuben Verghese has deceptive looks. But on court,he fights with all his might like a bull,resulting in his beating Ritwick Kala in an action-packed tie to make the quarterfinal grade in the boys under-13 singles of the Goregaon Sports Club-1st Maharashtra State Level junior badminton tournament,hosted by Goregaon Sports Club here on Friday. Reuben triumphed 21-17,10-21,22-20.

Boys U-13 singles: (pqf): Rajas Sule bt Anish Nair 24-26,21-17,25-23; Rohit Anjarkar lbt Shree Walinjkar 18-21,. 21-17,25-23; Siddesh Sambare bt Akshan Shetty 21-17,21-13; Ameya Mangaonkar bt Krish Raheja 19-21,21-19,22-20; Ameya Wambhathere Sahil Patil 21-16,21-18; Debashis Navdikar bt Mayank Gupta 21-12,21-10;Aditya Patil bt Satya Mehta 21-16,21-11; Reuben Verghese bt Ritwik Kala 21-17,10-21,22-20; Mohit Jeste bt Harshit Sinha 21-4,21-5; Devesh Dharmarajan bt Rahul Kutti 21-11,21-15; Varun Malvia bt Vedant Dhundiyal 21-12,21-11; Sai Dinesh Reddy bt Sarang Garud 21-5,21-8. Girls U-13 singles (pqf): Kalpita Sawant bt Gayatri Hegiste 21-9,21-6; Shravani Veena bt Stuti Agarwal 21-4,21-6; Krishali Mehta bt Oourvi Roje 21-13,21-9; Bakti Soni bt Salonee Sawant 21-8,21-5; Lalita Katre bt Anouska Verghese 21-3,21-3.k