Torgalkar scores

Torgalkar will join Anand Nagarkatti, Sahil Kukreja and top seed Ankur Mahajan who booked berths in the last-four.

Prominent youngsters Eric Fernandes, schoolboy Aditya Mahagaonkar, collegian Neville Irani and 43-year-old winner of the veterans title, Prakash Kelkar, made fluent entries into the fourth round of the men’s singles.

The men’s seeds rested today ahead of tomorrow’s action that will also see the sub-junior boys and girls titles being decided.

Torgalkar’s pronounced top-spin and efficient blocking held him in good stead after being behind. After floundering 14-21 in the opening game, Torgalkar, who had registered five successive cadet titles before being stopped by Rohan Chinchwadkar on Sunday, bounced backto take the next three games at 21-17, 21-18, 21-18.

It appears business as usual for this season’s all-conquering sub-junior Ankur Mahajan, who kept on course for a tenth-successive title this season with a 21-13, 23-21, 21-13 victory over Omkar Tanksale in another boys sub-junior quarter.

Anand Nagarkatti with a 21-9, 21-12, 21-12 win over Santosh Basrur and Sahil Kukreja beating Aditya Tawade 21-15, 22-20, 21-15 completed tomorrow’s semi-final lineup.

RESULTS

Cadet boys (quarter-finals):

Anand Nagarkatti bt Santosh Basrur 21-9, 21-12, 21-12; Sahil Kukreja bt Aditya Tawade 21-15, 22-20, 21-15; Ankur Mahajan bt Omkar Tanksale 21-13, 23-21, 21-13; Omkar Torgalkar bt Rohan Waghmare 14-21, 21-17, 21-18, 21-18.

Men’s singles (3rd round):

Dean Chill bt Sachin Shetty 21-10, 21-10; MS Mohite bt Ranjit Bandekar 21-5, 21-17; Prasad Naik bt Ashutosh Dhagamvar 21-13, 21-16; Harish Shirsat bt K Gopalan 21-15, 21-14; Eric Fernandes bt Avinash Kothari 21-12, 21-12; Ranjit Thatte bt PriyarajRanjan 21-16, 21-17; Aditya Mahagaonkar bt Laxman Dalvi 21-1, 21-9; Sandeep Panhirkar bt Pradeep Gupta 21-13, 21-13; Jigar Rambhia bt Harshad Desphande 21-11, 22-20; Neville Irani bt Deepak Redkar 21-10, 21-17; ZM Khandadia bt Ankit Parekh 21-13, 21-10; Tarun Gupta bt Chinmay Bal 21-9, 21-5; Rajesh Sharma bt Sandip Chiplunkar 21-18, 21-17; Prakash Kelkar bt Sameer Saralkar 23-21, 21-16.