Sampada, Shalaka enter final

MUMBAI, January 24: Sampada Shetye Joshi Bedekar beat Geetanjali Katrak Ruia to enter the women's singles final of the Inter-Collegiate ...

MUMBAI, January 24: Sampada Shetye Joshi Bedekar beat Geetanjali Katrak Ruia to enter the women8217;s singles final of the Inter-Collegiate Badminton Tournament at the University Pavilion today. Sampada won 11-0, 11-1. She will face Shalaka Damle of Ruia who trounced Uma Madhava RA Podar 11-2, 11-1.

Sushant Niddedi Mithibai scored a hard-fought 15-12, 13-15, 15-10 win over Behzaad Devadwalla HR Commerce.

RESULTS

Men8217;s Singles Q-F: Sanket Shetty HR Com bt Jayesh Dhuri Jhunjhunwala 15-11, 18-14; Kunal Vaswani Sydenham bt Vishal Hansraj Somaiya Engg 15-3, 15-12; Sushant Niddedi Mithibai bt Bezaad Dehadwalla HR Com 15-12, 13-15, 15-10; Harshad Tawde Sydenham bt Abhishek Das Jai Hind 15-8, 15-8.

Women8217;s singles Q-F: Sampada Shetye Joshi Bedekar bt Ashwin Pawar N R Swamy 11-1, 11-0; Geetanjali Katrak Ruia bt Deepa Damle MLDC 11-3, 11-2; Uma Madhavan R A Podar bt Kajal Puri Mithibai 12-10, 7-2 conceded; Shalaka Damle Ruia bt Sonal More B Vartak 11-0, 11-0. Semi-finals: Sampada Shetye Joshi Bedekar bt Geetanjali Katrak Ruia 11-0, 11-1; Shalaka Damle Ruia bt Uma Madhavan R A Podar 11-2, 11-1.

Men8217;s Team Championship Q-F: H R Com bt N M Com 3-2 Aftab lost to Sameer Shroff 9-15, 9-15; Sanket Shetty bt Amit Raheja 15-2, conceded; Bezaad Dehawalla and S Shetty lost to A Raheja and S Shroff 10-15, 13-15; Prashant Bhojwani bt Vivek Shriram 15-1, 15-4; Prashant and Viraff bt Vivek and Bhatt 15-7, 15-4; Sydenham bt R A Podar 3-0 Harshad Tawde bt Sujit Sapkal 15-9, 15-9; Kunal Vaswani bt Bhushan Paithankar 15-4, 17-18, 15-9; Kunal and Aditya bt Sujit and Bhushan 15-10, 18-15; Joshi Bedekar bt Tolani 3-0 Luckish Somane bt Elvin Pais 15-8, 15-0; Amrish Sule bt Prashant D8217;Costa 15-11, 18-16; Somane and Amogh Kulkarni bt E Pais and P D8217;Costa 15-3, 15-2; Mithibai bt Jai Hind 3-0 Gautam Potdar bt Abhisek Das 12-15, 15-13, 15-9, Sushant Niddodi bt Manmeet Singh 15-9, 15-3; Gautam Potdar and Sushant Niddodi bt A Das and M Singh 15-7, 15-12;

Women8217;s Team Championship Q-F: R A Podar bt MLDC 2-1 Uma Mahadevan bt Deepa Damle 11-3, 11-5; Sashikala Ramani lost to Atula Sane 2-11, 1-11; U Mahadevan and Mala Murthy bt D Damle and A Sane 18-14, 15-8; Joshi Bedekar bt B Vartak 2-0 Sampada Shetya bt Sonal More 11-1, 11-1; Deepa Bonde bt Sheetal Mangaonkar 11-8, 11-3