Chopda chalks out a stunner

Sept 21: State sub-junior national champion Sagar Chopda knocked out top seed M Narayan in the junior boys semifinal of the Colgate MSSA ...

Sept 21: State sub-junior national champion Sagar Chopda knocked out top seed M Narayan in the junior boys semifinal of the Colgate MSSA inter-school badminton tournament, conducted by GMBA and CCI here today. The third seeded Sagar will now meet his doubles partner Anand Pawar in the finals.

Sagar had defeated Anand in the final to grab the sub-junior title last year; and recently, Sagar had defeated Anand in the semi-final en route to the state title. Anand will be thirsting for revenge, and their showdown promises to be the match to look forward to.

In the senior girls semifinal, Sumitra Gantayat of Atomic Energy gave top seed Nikita Hurkadli a scare before bowing out 3-11 11-4 2-11. Sumitra, not seeded in the draw, had the consolation of claiming the bronze medal when the second losing semi-finalist, third seed Amodi Borkar, conceded the tie. Sushil Sawant of Antonio D8217;Silva capped his excellent run to set up a clash with favourite Swapnil Vyavaharkar in the senior boys final, while defending championRiddhi Panjwani will take on Maitreyee Nigwekar in the sub-junior girls final. Results seedings in prefix

BOYS Seniors semis:

Sushil Sawant Antonio bt Navneet Kumar Cathedral 15-7 15-12; 2-Swapnil Vyavaharkar IES bt 3-Animesh Kejriwal Cathedral 15-10 15-11; 3rd place:

Animesh Kejriwal bt Navneet Kumar 15-2 15-9

Juniors semis:

3-Sagar Chopda Pius bt 1-M Narayan OLPS 15-10 15-3; 2-Anand Pawar Jamnabai bt Zarir Warden Campion 15-2 15-5; 3rd place:

M Narayan bt Zarir Warden 15-7 11-15 15-11

Sub-junior boys singles semis:

1-Rohit Sadani Gyan Kendra bt 4-Kaushik Krishnan Thomas 15-1 15-1; 2-Ajay Jayaram OLPS bt 3-Abhinav Kapoor Gyan Kendra 15-6 15-6; 3rd place:

Abhinav Kapoor bt Kaushik Krishnan 15-11 15-4

Midgets semis:

1-Kush Munim Jasudben bt Anant Agarwal Jasudben 15-2 15-1; 2-Harsh Jhaveri Cathedral bt Purav Suryamurthy Jasudben 15-4 15-1; 3rd place:

Purav Suryamurthy bt Anant Agarwal 15-1015-7

GIRLS Seniors semis:

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1-Nikita Hurkadli Joseph bt Sumitra Gantayat Atomic Energy 11-3 4-11 11-2; 2-Ramya Venkat JB Vachha bt 3-Amodi Borkar Loreto 11-2 11-6; 3rd place:

Sumitra Gantayat bt Amodi Borkar 1-2 conceded

Junior semis:

1-Shivani Mayekar IES bt 4-Druti Deshpande Parle Tilak 11-4 13-10; 2-Amrita Sawant MES bt Kavita Kapadane Jamnabai 11-6 11-4; 3rd place:

Druti Deshpande bt Kavita Kapadane 11-1 11-3

Sub-juniors semis:

1-Riddhi Panjwani AVM bt Saumya Padhye Rajhans 11-0 11-1; 2-Maitreyee Nigwekar Convent Girls bt Aditi Mahajan Anthony8217;s, Chembur 11-3 11-0; 3rd place:

Saumya Padhye bt Aditi Mahajan 11-6 11-5

Mixed doubles final:

1-Swapnil Vyavaharkar amp; Aditi Kulkarni IES bt Ninad Venkatesh amp; Drupti Deshpande Parle Tilak 15-3 15-1