Goyal, Trupti impress

MUMBAI, August 24: Fourth seed Nimesh Goyal created a flutter at the Khandu Rangnekar courts, Dadoji Konddeo Stadium, Thane this evening ...

MUMBAI, August 24: Fourth seed Nimesh Goyal created a flutter at the Khandu Rangnekar courts, Dadoji Konddeo Stadium, Thane this evening as he sent the second seed Sushant Niddodi of Mumbai Suburbs packing to enter the final of the junior boys singles of the First Maharashtra State Junior Selection Badminton Tournament.

The Thane-lad, Goyal, matched his higher ranked opponent to emerge a 17-14, 15-4 victor and set up a title clash with his team-mate and top seed Bhushan Paithankar.

Paithankar faced no hiccups on his way to a 15-7, 15-13 victory over third seed Gautam Poddar Mumbai Suburbs.

Pune-girl Trupti Murgunde was the other player to hog the limelight when she stunned top seed Roshni Thakur in the junior girls section. The Thane-lass, Roshni, failed to justify her billing as she went down 6-11, 7-11.

The fourth seed, Trupti will lock horns with second seed Neha Gangoli Greater Mumbai who tamed third seed Sim Sim Salaria Mumbai Suburbs 11-7, 11-2 in the other semi-final.

OTHER RESULTS

Midget Boys Singles QF: Nishad Dravid Dhu bt Pranav Khot PN 15-2 15-1; Anand Pawar MSDBA bt Siddhant Pillai Tha 15-9 15-9; Soham Gadgil Pun bt Aditya Chitre Pun 9-2 match conceded; Gaurav Sonawane Nsk bt Sagar Chopra MSDBA

Midget Girls Singles SF: Nikita Hurkadli MSDBA bt Riddhi Oauwani MSDBA 11-2 11-8; Dipti Paranjpe San bt Sayli Gokhale Pun 11-5 4-11 11-6

Fatima Boys win

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Fatima Beach Boys emerged victorious in the Division II league encounter of the MDFA Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Trophy against Wonder Boys at the St Xaviers ground, Parel, today.

Sheldon D8217;Souza and Cyprian Lobo were the scorers in Fatima8217;s 2-0 win.Corade Vaz netted a double to take Marol Village Boys to a 2-1 victory over MLW Naigaon in a Division III match played earlier in the day. MLW decreased the margin through Sanket Samjiskar.

In another Division III league match, Antop Rangers pipped MM Samaj 1-0. Mackaso Barreto was the lone scorer.

The Harwood League encounter between Rhino Sports Club and Saki Village was abandoned mid-way in the second half due to heavy rains.