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Nitin Ingole of Aurangabad and Kranti Sane of Pune are favourites in the Boys and Girls U-19 event respectively in the Baba Nadgonde Memorial second Maharashtra state junior selection badminton tournament. The tournament will be held at Kolhapur from September 3-7, a Maharashtra Badminton Association MBA release said.

Seedings

Boys U-19 singles: 1 Nitin Ingole Aur 2 Ajit Phatak Pun 3 Amar Mohite Nag 4 Nishad Dravid Nag; Doubles: 1 Varun Khanvilkar amp; Sameer Bhagwat Pun 2 S Sagar amp; Aditya Umrani Pun 3 Ninad Khade amp; Prabhat Vikrant Pun 4 Prashant Bahatare amp; Nitin Ingole Thane amp; Aur.

Boys U-16 singles: 1 Amar Mohite Ngp 2 Nishad Dravid Ngp 3 Ajit Phatak Pune 4 Aditya Chitre Pune; Doubles: 1 Nishad Dravid/Soham Gadgil Ngp/Pune 2 Amar Mohite/Ajit Phatak Ngp/Pun.

Boys U-13 singles: 1 Anand Pawar 2 Rohit Sadani 3 Ajay Jayram 4 Abhinav Kapoor; Doubles: 1 Rohit Sadani amp; Ajay Jayram2 Amit Khadge amp; Rohit Narke.

Girls U-19 singles: 1 Kranti Sane Pune 2 Neha Gangolli GM 3 Nupura Bhide MSD 4 Nikita Hurkadli MSD; Doubles: 1 Sim Sim Salaria amp; Nupura Bhide MSD 2 Kranti Sane amp; Neha Gangolli.

Girls U-16 singles: 1 Aditi Mutatkar Pune 2 Dhanya Nair Pune 3 Dipti Paranajpe Sangli 4 Shivani Mayekar GM; Doubles: 1 Dhanya Nair amp; Manasi Bhave 2 Shivani Mayekar amp; Dipti Paranjpe.

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Girls U-13 singles: 1 Varada Dixit Pune 2 Madhura Dhainje Pune; Doubles: 1 Sayali Gokhale amp; Shipi Kankane 2 Shweta Khare amp; Riddhi Pajwani.

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