Kulkarni,Joshi script comeback victories

Soham Kulkarni and Ninad Joshi,each rallied from a game down to beat Aditya Deshmukh and Viraj Bidye,respectively,in the first round of the Boys U-13 category in the Solaris Club District Badminton Non-Ranking tournament on Thursday.

Soham Kulkarni and Ninad Joshi,each rallied from a game down to beat Aditya Deshmukh and Viraj Bidye,respectively,in the first round of the Boys U-13 category in the Solaris Club District Badminton Non-Ranking tournament on Thursday.

Kulkarni and Deshmukh went along for the first 20 points before Deshmukh broke free and took the first game 15-12. Kulkarni fought hard and levelled the score by taking the next 15-11 before winning the decider 17-15.

In the Joshi versus Bidye clash,Joshi was stretched till 15 points before Bidye won the game 17-15. Joshi,however,rose from the brink and closed out the next two games 15-11,15-12. In another hard-fought match,Shubham Shinde beat Shardul Phadke 15-5,13-15,15-6. In the girls section,Esha Dandekar got the better of Revati Joshi 16-14,15-9 while Avanti Shrikhande defeated Harshada Memane 15-12,15-8.

Results: Boys: Under-15 (Second Round): Mihir Apte beat Anish Karmarkar 15-8,8-15,15-3; Venkatesh Ashtekar beat Chitannya Gindi 15-10,20-18; Rohan Paranjape beat Vikram Joshi 15-11,15-10; Soham Kulkarni beat Aditya Deshmukh 12-15,15-11,17-15; Hari Patsakar beat Varad Khasnis 17-15,15-11; Prathamesh Halankar beat Nachiket Shende 15-7,19-17; Ninad Joshi beat Viraj Bidye 15-17,15-11,15-12; Shubham Shinde beat Shardul Phadke 15-5,13-15,15-6; Anish Riswadkar beat Pranav Khadilkar 15-9,15-12.

Girls: Under 15 (First Round): Sanjana Bhaleghare beat Aradhana Bakre 15-11,15-12; Aditi Deshpande beat Sahanya Kuklarni 15-8,15-9; Aditi Mahajan beat Shreya Patil 15-8,15-2; Vrushali Bora beat Sugandha Navlekar 15-11,15-13; Pranjal Kulkarni beat Swarali Chitnis 15-7,15-12; Esha Dandekar beat Revati Joshi 16-14,15-9; Avanti Shrikhande beat Harshada Memane 15-12,15-8; Siddhi Mahajan beat Swapnali Limaye 15-6,15-10; Sarah Navare beat Shivani Deshpande 15-8,15-10.

Boys under 13: (3rd Round): Arya Lele beat Shrirang Vaidya 16-14,17-15; Sasmit Patil beat Dhruv Dandekar 15-12,15-10; Mihir Apte beat Anay Apte 15-12,19-17; Shardul Phadke beat Soham Nande 15-4,15-8; Shubham Shinde beat Manas Joshi 15-8,15-1; Neel Dixit beat Pranav Kulkarni 15-6,15-3; Aniket Darp beat Ashwin Deepak 15-8,15-11.

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Kulkarni,Joshi script comeback victories

Soham Kulkarni and Ninad Joshi,each rallied from a game down to beat Aditya Deshmukh and Viraj Bidye,respectively,in the first round of the Boys U-13 category in the Solaris Club District Badminton Non-Ranking tournament on Thursday.

Soham Kulkarni and Ninad Joshi,each rallied from a game down to beat Aditya Deshmukh and Viraj Bidye,respectively,in the first round of the Boys U-13 category in the Solaris Club District Badminton Non-Ranking tournament on Thursday.