Yogesh Pardeshi moves into semis

Former World and National Champion Yogesh Pardeshi of Pune defeated top seed Sajid Mohammad of Mumbai-sub to enter the men’s singles carrom semi-finals of the late Mukhtar Ahmed Trophy, held at the Kshatriya Union Club. In another Quarter Final match second seeded Ashok Gaur of Mumbai upset State Champion Pankaj Pawar of Mumbai 6-25,25-18,25-5 in a thrilling three game encounter. In the Women Singles semi-final sevent seed Maitreyee Gogate of Ratnagiri prevailed over Shubhada Nagaonkar of Mumbai 25-9,25-12 in straight games. In the other semi-final,second seed Sangeeta Chandorkar of Mumbai knocked out the stiff challenge presented by eighth seeded Sneha More of Mumbai 25-0,14-25,25-5 in three games.

Results: Men’s single’s quarterfinals: Mohd. Sajid (Mumbai- Sub.) bt Yogesh Pardeshi (Pune)13- 25,25-13,25-9; Rahim Khan (Pune) bt. Sandeep Deorukhkar (Mumbai) 25-20,13-25,25-15; Babulal Shrimal (Mumbai) bt. Shabbir Khan (Mumbai-Sub.) 25-21,25-3; Ashok Gaur (Mumbai) bt. Pankaj Pawar (Mumbai) 6-25,25-18,25-5; Men’s single’s pre-quarterfinals: Mohd. Sajid (Mumbai) bt Vasant Vairal (Pune) 25-13,25-5; Yogesh Pardeshi (Pune) bt. Jindesh Kale (Pune) 25-13,25-5; Sandeep Deorukhkar (Mumbai) bt. Anant Gayatri (Mumbai) 25-8,15-25,25-18; Rahim Khan (Pune) bt. Ravi Waghmare (Pune) 25-16,0-25,25-14; Shabbir Khan (Mumbai-Sub.) bt. Anil Mundhe (Pune) 12-25,25-14,25-11; Babulal Shrimal (Mumbai) bt. Hidayat Ansari (Mumbai) 25-18,23-25,25-11; Pankaj Pawar (Mumbai) bt. Nagsen Etambe (Mumbai) 8-25,25-12,25-1; Ashok Gaur (Mumbai) bt. Vivek Bharti(Mumbai) 25-17,25-0; Women’s single semi-finals: Maitreyee Gogate (Ratnagiri) bt. Shubhada Nagaonkar (Mumbai) 25-9,25-12; Sangeeta Chandorkar (Mumbai) bt Sneha More (Mumbai) 25-0,14-25,25-5; Women’s quarter finals: Maitreyee Gogate (Ratnagiri) bt Ayesha Mohd. (Mumbai-Sub.) 25-5,17-25,25-0; Shubhada Nagaoankar (Mumbai) bt. Urmila Shendge (Mumbai) 16-25,25-13,25-7; Sneha More (Mumbai) bt. Preeti Khedekar (Mumbai) 18-25,25-5,25-11; Sangeeta Chandorkar (Mumbai) bt. Veena Chawan (Thane) 25-8,25-0; Veteran men’s singles semi-finals: Giridhar Bhoj (Mumbai) bt Babulal Shrimal (Mumbai) 4-25,25-5,25-13; Manu Baria (Mumbai) bt. Devshi Koli (Mumbai) 15-25,25-8,25-16; Veteran men’s singles quarterfinals: Babulal Shrimal (Mumbai) bt. Nasir Khan (Mumbai) 25-5,25-8; Girdhar Bhoj (Mumbai) bt. Salim Akbar Ansari (Dhule) 25-9,25-19; Manu Baria (Mumbai) bt Vijay Marpelli (Mumbai) 25-11,11-25,25-7; Devshi Koli (Mumbai) bt Devendra Gadhade (Mumbai) 25-15,12-25,25-8; Junior boy’s single’s semi-final: Vishal Parmar (Mumbai) bt. Hareshawar Betvanshi (Mumbai) 13-25,25-9,25-6; Abhishek Bharti (Mumbai) bt. Rohit Mirajkar (Pune) 25-6,25-3; Junior girl’s single’s semi-final: Radhika Joshi (Thane) bt. Pooja Gamre (Mumbai) 1-25,25-1,25-12; Mayuri Bhamre (Dhule) bt. Pushkarani Bhattad (Pune) 25-4,25-10.