Pune State champs

MUMBAI, OCT 12: Pune shuttlers cornered glory winning as many as four singles, three doubles and one team championship title at the recen...

MUMBAI, OCT 12: Pune shuttlers cornered glory winning as many as four singles, three doubles and one team championship title at the recently-concluded Maharashtra State and inter-district junior badminton championship at Aurangabad.

Pune’s sub-junior girls team pipped Mumbai Suburban District Badminton Association (MSDBA) 2-1 after Thane junior boys, MSDBA junior girls and Nagpur sub-junior boys took the titles beating Pune teams in the final.

In the individual event Pune’s Kranti Sane won the junior girls title. Manasi Bhave (sub-junior girls), Aditi Mutatkar (midget girls) and Mudra Dahinje (mini girls) were the other champions from Pune.

Results (all finals)

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Boys team championship (junior): Thane bt Pune 2-0; Sub-junior: Nagpur bt Pune 2-0.

Singles (junior): Himanshu Thakkar (Thn) bt Amar Mohite (Ngp) 15-9 5-15 15-10; Sub-junior: Nishad Dravid (GM) bt Amar Mohite (Ngp) 12-15 15-4 15-7; Midget: Rohit Sadani (MS) bt Anand Pawar (MS) 17-14 13-15 15-12; Mini: Parin Chopra (MS) bt Yogesh Nandkumar (Pun) 15-9 15-6.

Girls team championship: Junior: MSDBA bt Pune 2-1; Sub-junior: Pune bt MSDBA 2-1.

Singles (junior): Kranti Sane (Pun) bt Neha Gangolli (GM) 11-6 13-10; Sub-junior: Manasi Bhave (Pun) bt Dhanya Nair (Pun) 0-11 11-7 11-9; Midget: Aditi Mutatkar (Pun) bt Riddhi Pajwani (MS) 11-5 11-7; Mini: Mudra Dahinje (Pun) bt Varada Dixit (Ngp) 11-9 11-2.

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Doubles finals: Junior boys: Sameer Bhagwat/Varun Khanwilkar (MS) bt Vinayak Putran/ Rahul Tipnis (Nsk) 15-4, 15-1. Sub-junior: Amar Mohite (Ngp)/Ajit Phatak (Pune) bt Sham Gadgil/Nishad Dravid (MS) 15-11, 14-17, 15-3. Midget: Yash Wagh (Nsk)/Rohit Sadani (MS) bt Aditya Dikshit/Ashish Kulkarni (MS) 15-10, 9-15, 17-14.

Junior girls: Madhura Bhagwat (Pune)/Nupura Bhide (MS) bt Neha Gangolli (GM)/Krani Sane (Pune) 8-15, 15-10, 15-11. Sub-junior: Dhanya Nair/Manasi Bhave (Pune) bt Shivani Mayekar/Deepti Paranjape (MS) 17-14, 15-3. Midget girls: Shipi Kankane/Sayali Gokale (Pune) bt Swati Khare/Riddhi Panjwani (Tha) 15-10, 9-15, 17-14.

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