Unseeded Jhaveri breaks Ankush

PUNE, JULY 10: Unseeded Haresh Jhaveri of Greater Mumbai thrashed Ankush Khadgi of Aurangabad 15-0, 15-4 to enter the semi-finals of mini...

PUNE, JULY 10: Unseeded Haresh Jhaveri of Greater Mumbai thrashed Ankush Khadgi of Aurangabad 15-0, 15-4 to enter the semi-finals of mini boys’ singles in the State selection junior badminton Championship here today.

Mini boys’ singles (QF): Parin Chopda (Mumbai Sub) bt Siddhant Lakhani (Nagpur) 15-1, 15-1; Aditya Marawar (Nagpur) bt Nikhil Ghevade (Kolhapur) 15-7, 15-3; Siddhant Ghorpade (Kolhapur) bt Amay Merchant 17-15, 15-0; Haresh Jhaveri (Gr Mumbai) bt Ankush Khadgi (Aurangabad) 15-0, 15-4.

Midget boys’ singles (PQF): Anand Pawar (Mumbai Sub) bt Akshay Devalkar (Thane) 15-2, 15-0; Abhinav Kapoor (Mumbai Sub) bt Ketan Mahajan (Aurangabad) 15-0, 15-0; Aditya Yelikar (Aurangabad) bt Rohit Narke (Thane) 10-15, 15-13, 15-3; Rohit Sadani (Mumbai Sub) bt Siddararth Ghorpade 15-1, 15-2

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Mini girls’ singles (QF): Varda Dixit (Thane) bt Pradnya Gadre (Pune) 11-6, 11-2; Rama Gaikwad (Pune) bt Shewta Kelkar (Ratanagiri) 11-6, 5-11, 11-7; Kadambari Chedda (Thane) bt Arundati Pantawane(Nagpur) 11-7, 13-11; Mudra Dhainje (Pune) bt Anubhi Kankane (Pune) 11-5, 11-0.

Midget girls’ singles (QF): Sayali Gokhale (Pune) bt Shweta Khare (Thane) 13-11, 11-5; Shipi Kankane (Pune) bt Neha Pandit (Pune) 11-6, 11-3; Riddhi Pajwani (Mumbai Sub) bt Spoorti Ratan (Ratnagiri) 11-5, 11-4; Aditi Mutatkar (Pune) bt Shipra Ghoshray (Pune) 11-3, 11-0

LIC sweep titles

BANGALORE: Life Insurance Corporation made a clean sweep of the titles in the finals of the eighth All-India inter-institutional badminton championship today. LIC’s Jaison Xavier bagged the men’s singles title defeating Guruprasad of Banks Sports Board 15-5 15-11. Xavier also claimed the double’s title partnering K Kishore Kumar, while Leena Pednekar beat Divya Ramesh 11-6 7-11 11-8 in an all-LIC women’s final.

Fine rally by Nobody

MUMBAI: Down 0-2 at one stage, Nobody Sports Club rallied splendidly to rout Khalsa Gymkhana 5-3 in the BHA Senior Division hockey league, sponsored by Punjab National Bank, at MahindraStadium today. Llewlyn Charles (3), Christopher D’Sa and Clayton D’Lima score for Nobody. Aditya Menon (2) and Ashish Gonsalves netted for Khalsa.

Sutarwar prevail

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MUMBAI: Sutarwar (Sahar) prevailed 2-0 over Bandra Packers in the MDFA Harwood football league today. Apparao Chimma and Gerald Creado scored.

Other Results

BBC 3 (Ramakant Pawaskar, Jude Fernandes Dominic D’Souza) bt Wenden Institute 1 (Alex Sequeira). Deablers 6 (Rajeh Tillu 3, Sameer Laud, T Kumar and Amaresh Kulkarni) bt Model 0.

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