Badminton: Khamkar prevails after marathon match

ant Khamkar and Sarish Potdar played a memorable match that stretched for 45 minutes before Khamkar won the quarterfinal in three games in the boys Under-19 category

Vedant Khamkar and Sarish Potdar played a memorable match that stretched for 45 minutes before Khamkar won the quarterfinal in three games in the boys Under-19 category in the Solaris Club District Badminton Non-Ranking Tournament.

Vedant and Sarish were neck-and-neck in the first game that went on for staggering 58 points before Potdar clinched it 30-29 on winning the golden point. But Khamkar fought back to take the second 21-19 before winning the decider 21-16.

In other quarterfinal matches,Nihar Pradhan beat Parag Deodhar 21-9,17-21,21-6; Ishan Vaidya edged past Vinayak Mesta 21-12,21-8 and Aditya Khopkar defeated Prasanjeet Sonawane 21-12,21-13. In the girls Under-19 category,Vallari Ghanekar got past Revati Lachayan 21-13,22-20,Ruta Gore defeated Shweta Kalekar 21-16,21-13 and Aishawarya Bhide beat Rucha Kunte 21-19,21-15.

Results: Quarterfinals: Boys Under-19: Nihar Pradhan beat Parag Deodhar 21-9,17-21,21-6; Ishan Vaidya beat Vinayak Mesta 21-12,21-8; Aditya Khopkar beat Prasanjeet Sonawane 21-12,21-13; Vedant Khamkar beat Sarish Potdar 29-30,21-19,21-16.

Under-17: Sarish Potdar beat Ishan Vaidya 21-16,13-21,26-24; Atharva Waval beat Ninad Joshi 20-22,21-17,21-15; Omkar Shinde beat Soham Joshi 21-14,21-15; Omkar Salkar beat Amogh Lonkar 21-17,21-14.

Under-15 (Doubles): Anurag Modak/ Rohan Paranjape beat Anay Apte/Adwait Kamthe 21-9,21-5; Omkar Salkar/Shardul Yelmane beat Aditya Mundada/Hrishkesh Rukari 21-15,21-14; Varad Khasnis/Hari Palaskar beat Chaitanya Gindi/Nachiket Shende 21-15,21-10; Aniket Darp/Kartik Shidhaye beat Aryan Kulkarni/Yash Taware 21-14,21-16.

Under-11: Darshan Pujari beat Aryan Shetty 21-14,21-5; Arvind Rao beat Rajas Vartak 21-17,21-8; Shourya Sharma beat Atharva Khisti 21-12,21-11; Atharva Aras beat Ashwin Deepak 21-16,15-21,21-10.

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Girls: Under-19: Vallari Ghanekar beat Revati Lachayan 21-13,22-20; Ruta Gore beat Shweta Kalekar 21-16,21-13; Aishawarya Bhide beat Rucha Kunte 21-19,21-15.

Under-17: Aditi Bongale w.o Gauri Kinikar; Vaibhavi Kulkarni beat Anushka Chaphekar 21-12,21-16; Rucha Kulkarni beat Rucha Kunte 21-5,21-6; Tanvi Devan w.o Rutuja Barve.

Under-15: Vaibhavi Kulkarni beat Shreyasi Rao 21-15,21-13; Siddhi Mahajan beat Avanti Shrikhande 21-6,21-14; Vrushali Bora beat Esha Jagtap 21-7,21-10; Aditi Mahajan beat Sanjana Bhaleghare 21-23,21-19,21-11.

Doubles: Anishka Chapekar/Rucha Kulkarni beat Esha Dandekar/Gatha Pore 21-6,21-6; Aditi Mahajan/Sarah Navare beat Revati Joshi/Avanti Shrikhande 21-9,21-2; Pranjal Kulkarni/Siddhi Mahajan beat Isha Chiplunkar /Shriya Khadilkar 21-13,21-5; Sayali Kale/Dhuri Sanika beat Sahanya Kulkarni/Ritu Shah 21-13,21-14.

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