Walimbe `B’ sweep past Sarfare `A’

PUNE, May 20: Walimbe `B' clinched a 3-0 win over Sarfare `A' in a Group `B' under-15 years match of the Inter-Club league '99 at the WIE...

PUNE, May 20: Walimbe `B’ clinched a 3-0 win over Sarfare `A’ in a Group `B’ under-15 years match of the Inter-Club league ’99 at the WIE complex here today.

Slicing through the competition, Aditya Dixit clinched the first win foe the winners when he downed Sarfare’s Nikar Tilekar 15-2, 15-1 in the singles. After Pranav Khot and Poonam Walimbe had made the issue safe for the winners with a 15-0, 15-3 win over Prasanna Bhide and Sahil Prabhudesai in the first doubles, Harshad Bhagwat and Aditya Chitre clinched the tie with a 15-1, 15-1 win over Sanket Naidu and Akshay Parab in the second.

Result
Group `B’ (under-15)
Walimbe `B’ beat Sarfare `A’ 3-0: (Aditya Dixit bt Nihar Tilekar 15-2, 15-1; Pranav Khot-Poonam Walimbe bt Prasanna Bhide-Sahil Prabhudesai 15-0, 15-3; Harshad Bhagwat-Aditya Chitre bt Sanket Naidu-Akshay Parab 15-1, 15-1).
PDMBA `E’ beat PDMBA `D’ 2-1: (Dhanya Nair bt Parag Tulpule 15-3, 15-9; Manasi Bhave-Dhanya Nair bt Aditi Mutatkar-Ashwin Palande 15-10, 15-5; Sayali Gokhale-Kashmira Joglekar lost to Parag Tulpule-Nitesh Joshi 1-15, 1-15).
Vikrant Club beat Gore Group 3-0: (Abhimanyu Chichoria bt Shreyas Bhave 15-6, 15-2; Rahul Kale-Akshay Khopade bt Manasi Joshi-Sampada Sahasrabuddhe 15-9, 15-2; Siddharth Sarfare-Gaurav Prabhune bt Kaustubh date-Amruta Wagh 15-2, 15-7).
Sarfare `B’ beat Jaguar 3-0: (Santosh Ubale bt Satyajit Deodhar 15-1, 15-2; Chaitanya Salpe-Santosh Ubale bt Ashish Sathe-Ashish Shevale 15-3, 9-15, 15-2; Tanmay Date-Ashirwad Mahajan bt Rohan Dhaygude-Satyajit Deodhar 15-6, 15-5).
JES Group beat Alpa Bachat `A’ 3-0: (Kaushal Patankar bt Dhananjay Ranade 15-3, 15-4; Prakash Deshpande-Shankar Dhavale bt Kailas Kulkarni-Dhuruv Maine 15-0, 15-5; Kaustubh Kumthekar-Kaushal Patankar bt Abhijit Patil-Dhananjay Ranade 15-3, 15-5).
PDMBA `B’ beat Morning Star 2-1: (Varun Khanwalkar bt Prasad Apte 15-0, 15-3; Ajit Phatak-S Gadgil lost to Girish Natu-Atul Biniwale 11-15, 11-15; Sameer Bhagwat-Varun Khanwalkar bt Prasad Apte-Sunil Dagale 13-15, 15-4, 15-5).
PDMBA `A’ beat Undertakers 2-1: (Kranti Sane lost to Vikrant Sarfare 3-15, 11-15; Shiben Rawat-Suresh Sonawane bt Saurabh Sarfare-Amit Deodhar 15-7, 15-7; Amol Kanade-Pushkar Phadke bt Rohit-Vikrant Sarfare 7-15, 15-10, 15-10. Toophan beat Ruckonsoft 3-0: w/o.

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