PUNE, Feb 18: Harish Joshi of Nichrome humbled Mahesh Kulkarni of Premier Automobiles Limited 15-0, 15-0 to advance past the third round of the mens singles in the Industrial Sports Association (ISA) Inter-Industry Badminton Tournament organised by Cummins India at WIE Sports Complex, Shivajinagar.In the doubles event Telco's Sunil Pundlik, pairing with Manoj Deswandikar, easily downed Chetan Vaidya and Shree Agashe of KSB Pumps 15-4, 15-7 in a second round match.MenSingles: (III Round): Harish Joshi (Nichrome) b Mahesh Kulkarni (PAL) 15-0, 15-0; Satish Sapkal (Telco) b Vikram Tarak (Vickers) 15-3, 15-7; Sunil Pundlik (Telco) b Shree Agashe (KSB) 15-8, 15-3; Manoj Deswandikar (Telco) b Mangesh Dhawale (Telco) 15-5, 8-15 conceded; Sharad Manjrekar (Cummins) b S R Iyyer (HA) 15-6, 15-4.Doubles: (II Round): Rohit Karnik/Vivek Sathe (Bajaj) b Kedar Tanksale/Vijay Kakade (Krupp) 15-2, 15-0; Sunil Pundlik/Manoj Deswandikar (Telco) b Chetan Vaidya/Shree Agashe (KSB) 15-4, 15-7; Mahesh Kelkar/Nishikant Deshmukh (Bajaj) b Ashwin Pundlik/Ramesh Kuber (DGP Hinoday) 15-6, 15-10; Uttam Barmecha/Ravi Kale (Cummins) b Rajiv Baag/S Iyyer (HA) 15-13, 8-15, 15-10.Veteran Doubles: (I Round): Bhanudas Kulkarni/Deepak Kale (Cummins) b Ajay Damle/Vasant Pendse (PAL) 15-0, 15-9; Shree Agashe/Dipak Apte (KSB) b Abhay Rajwade/Sunil Paripatayadar (Cummins) 15-4, 15-9.
