Mithibai storm into semis

MUMBAI, Sept 19: Mithibai College entered the semifinals of the men's and women's team championship in the Inter-Collegiate Badminton Tou...

MUMBAI, Sept 19: Mithibai College entered the semifinals of the men8217;s and women8217;s team championship in the Inter-Collegiate Badminton Tournament at the University Sports Pavilion here today. The top seed women defeated Khalsa 2-0 while the men, seeded two, blanked NM Commerce 3-0. But Mithibai suffered a reverse in the singles quarter-finals when their top player and fourth seed Kajal Puri was knocked out by HR Commerce8217;s Puja Kotwani. Defending champion Sampada Shetye and last year8217;s runner-up Shalaka Damle also entered the last four.

Results

Mens team QF: HR Commerce bt KC Law 3-0 Behzaad Devadhwala bt Kunal Vaswani 10-15 15-5 15-3; Viraf bt Raj Panchmatia 15-9 15-12; Behzaad amp; Viraf w/o Kunal amp; Raj; Podar bt Sydenham 3-1 Vipin Pawar lost to Harshad Tawde 1-15 2-15; Rohan Radhakrishnan bt Kunal Rao 15-6 15-4; Rohan amp; Vipin bt Vishal Kapadia amp; Kunal Rao 15-1 15-1; Rahul Parab bt Parijat Cheema 15-2 15-1; Joshi Bedekar bt RD National 3-0 Ashish Bhide bt Azeem J 15-9 17-15; MiteshHazarnis bt Z Ranjit 15-2 15-1; Bhushan Paithankar amp; Mitesh bt Azeem amp; Ranjit 15-8 15-2; Mithibai bt NM 3-0 Gautam Poddar bt Ojas Vakil 15-7 15-3; Sushant Niddodi bt Deepesh Bakhrul 15-4 15-1; Sushant amp; Gautam bt Ojas amp; Deepesh 15-2 15-7

Singles PQF: Rohan Radhakrishnan Podar bt Gautam Poddar Mithibai 15-11 15-6; Bhushan Paithankar Joshi Bedekar bt Harshad Tawde Sydenham 15-13 15-7; Kunal Vaswani KC Law bt Deepesh Bakhrul NM 15-1 15-10; Mitesh Hazarnis Joshi Bedekar bt Rajiv Lund Shahani Engg 15-5 15-4; Jayesh Dhuri Jhunjhunwala bt Kedar Ambedkar Somani 17-14 15-4; Sameer Mahesh TNMC bt Sachin Bharti New Law 15-3 15-6; Behzaad Devadhwala HR Comm bt Salazar Kaldor Xavier8217;s 15-8 15-4; Sushant Niddodi Mithibai bt Ojas Vakil NM 15-7 15-1

Womens team QF: Jaihind bt NM 2-0 Priya Nathani bt Koneri Gandha 11-3 11-3; Priya Nathani amp; Priya Ramchandani bt Koneri Gandha amp; Anisha Desai 15-6 15-5; HR bt Sydenham 2-0 Puja Kotwani bt Swati Nair 11-0 11-2; Puja amp;Shilpa Jaisingh bt Payal Sheth amp; Aarti Doshi 15-4 15-10; Ruia bt MMK 2-0 Shalaka Damle bt Preeti Rohera 11-0 11-0; Pooja amp; Shalaka bt Pooja Lund amp; Shweta Bhatia 15-8 15-4; Mithibai bt Khalsa 2-0 Karishma Bhabha bt Kriti Shridhar 11-0 11-0; Kajal Puri amp; Sim Sim Salaria bt Kriti amp; Sanjana 15-0 15-0

Singles QF: Sampada Shetye Joshi Bedekar bt Binaifer Bharucha Xavier8217;s 11-2 11-3; Shalaka Damle Ruia bt Shilpa Jaisingh HR 11-0 11-0; Puja Kotwani HR bt Kajal Puri Mithibai 6-11 11-6 11-3; Anita Shilwant SIES bt Vidya S Home Science 11-7 11-8