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MUMBAI, SEPT 18: In one of the few close matches of the men’s singles, Kedar Ambedkar (Somani College) overcame R Panchamatra to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Inter-collegiate badminton tournament.
The 15-11, 12-15, 15-9 win at the University Pavilion took Ambedkar to a clash against Jayesh Dhuri of Jhunjhunwala College.
Results
Men’s singles (fourth round): Kunal Vaswani (KC Law) bt Azeem Jagani (RD National) 15-8, 15-6; Behzaad Devadhwala (HR) bt Imran Maindargi (Maharshi) 15-7, 15-1; Sushant Nidodi (Mithibai) bt Shyam Kanade (GHM) 15-2, 15-0; Harshad Tawade (Sydneham) bt Manvendra Kane (Government Law) 15-2, 15-1; Gautam Potdar (Mithibai) bt Parag Vora (Khalsa) 15-0, 15-1; Mitesh Hajirnis (Joshi Bedekar) bt Viraf Vazifdar (HR Comm) 15-4, 15-6; Sameer Mahesh (TNMC) bt Jeet Kumar (Birla) 15-0, 15-1; Gautam Podar (Mithibai) bt Parag Vora (Khalsa) 15-0, 15-1; Jayesh Dhuri (Jhunjhunwala) bt Bhavin Pabari (Balbharati) 15-2, 15-0; Bhushan Paithankar (Joshi Bedekar) bt Rahul Parab (RA Podar);Ojas Vakil (NM Comm) bt E D’Mello (St Gosalo) 15-2, 15-8; Rajiv Lund (Shahani Engineering) bt Mangesh Joglekar (Kirti) 15-0, 15-5; Deepesh Bakhru (NM Comm) bt SS Wakharkar (Sathay) 15-2, 15-4.
Third round: Azeem Jagani (RD National) bt Bhavin Mehta (KC) 15-8, 15-4; Kunal Vaswani (KC Law) bt Sachin Karkhanis (Dnyana) 15-0, 15-0; Bhushan Paithankar (Joshi Bedekar) bt Amol Upadhye (Kirti) 15-2, 15-6; Bhavin Pabari (Balbharati) bt Devang Mehta (Khandwala) 15-18, 15-11, 15-12; Salazar Kaldor (St Xavier’s) bt Shirag Engineer (KC) 15-11, 15-6; R Rohan (Podar) bt Akhil Rawat (Tolani) 15-7, 15-6; Harshad Tawade (Sydneham) bt Vaibhav Khatri (Wilson) 15-7, 15-5; Mitesh Hajirnis (Joshi Bedekar) bt Rushab Patel (Lajpatrai) 15-1, 15-0; Sushant Nidodi (Mithibai) bt Nikhil Todkani (K Menon) 15-1, 15-0; Sachin Bharati (New Law) bt Vikram Ambhare (Somani Arts) 15-2, 15-4.
Second round: R Rohan (Podar) bt Arpit Shah (K Menon) 15-11, 15-0; Kedar Ambedkar (Somani) bt R Panchmatia (KC Law) 11-15, 15-12, 9-15;Deepak Bakshi (NM Comm) bt Ravi Mody (Khandwala) 15-11, 15-4; Hitesh Kakkad (DAV) bt Vishwanath Menon (Government Law) 17-14, 15-9; Jeet Kumar (Birla) bt Allwyn Cerejo (St Gosalo) 15-9, 15-0; Sameer Mahesh (TNMC) w/o Nikhant Bhide (NR Swamy); Virat Vazifdar (HR Comm) bt SK Veshvikar (VES Tech) 15-0, 15-1; Ojas Vakil (NM) bt Robin Varghese (Vivek) 15-5, 15-3; Salazar Kaldor (St Xavier’s) bt DD Kabal (Sathaye) 15-1, 15-0; S Engineer (KC) bt Ranjit Zaveri (RD National) 15-7, 15-6; Jayesh Dhuri (Jhunjhunwala) bt Shahezad Gandhi (Hinduja) 15-1, 15-5; Chinmaye Opre (MLDC) bt Kedar Ambedkar (Somani) 15-3, 15-3.
Women’s singles (fourth round): Kajal Puri (Mithibai) bt Uma Madhavan (RA Podar) 11-2, 11-6; Vidya S (Home Science) bt Sonal More (B Vartak) 11-3, 5-11, 11-2; Anita Shilwant (SIES) bt Shridhar Kirti (Khalsa) 11-1, 11-3; Shilpa J (HR Comm) bt Vera Bhandare (St Xavier’s) 11-7, 5-11, 11-4; Shalaka Damle (Ruia) bt Swati Nair (Sydneham) 11-0, 11-0.
Condolence meeting
The Sports JournalistsAssociation of Mumbai (SJAM) will hold a condolence meeting for Leyland De Souza, veteran sports journalist who passed away last week.
The meeting will be held at the media conference room of the Wankhede Stadium tomorrow (Saturday) at 5.00 p.m.
