Krisha, Nayshaa advance
MUMBAI : Krisha Shah and Nayshaa Batoye scored contrasting wins to advance into girls’ under-15 quarterfinals of the Ccigreater Mumbai District Badminton Championship 2018.
While Krisha won a hardfought 14-15, 15-10, 15-12 over Shreya, Nayshaa beat Anishka Daga with a facile 15-1, 15-1 win.
In a boys’ under-13 encounter, Harmaan Maliye overcame a spirited challenge from Suhaan Sagar with a 15-7, 10-15, 15-13 win.
In the boys’ under-19 competition, the top two seeds Jaidev Menon and Siddhesh Raut sailed into the quarterfinals with ease. Results (pre-quarters): (Girls’ under-13) 15-2; M Shinde bt A Nanda 15-6, 15-6; 2N Batoye bt M Rustomji 15-3, 15-4; (Boys’ under-13) S Kumar bt A Sawant 15-9, 15-10; A Niture bt A Tathgir 15-7, 1514; E Motorwala bt P Bhansali 15-6, 15-2; H Maliye bt S Sagar 15-7, 10-15, 15-13; R Singh bt A Sikchi 15-14, 15-13; P Jani bt P Shah 15-7, 15-7; P Dhawan bt A Bajaj 1415, 15-12, 15-10; V Mainkar bt H Motwani 15-2, 15-4; (Girls’ under-15): S Jukar bt M Shinde 15-10, 15-9; S Gala bt S Dahake 15-9, 15-4; T Suri bt R Agarwal 15-1, 15-1; S Suryavanshi bt H Parekh 15-7, 15-14; S Mardolkar bt D Parasrampuria 15-8, 15-6; K Shah bt S Chary 14-15, 15-10, 1512; A Kakad bt D Guleka 15-9, 15-8; N Batoye bt A Daga 15-1, 15-1; (Boys’ under-19): S Raut bt K Khetwani 15-3, 15-9; J Menon bt D Jain 15-7, 15-6; S Pal bt F Charania 15-1, 15-1; V Ninave bt A Kokane 15-7, 15-5; R Parikh bt R More 15-7, 15-4; V Kuvale bt A Nakashe 15-5, 15-9; R Sainani bt T Pereira 15-13, 15-13; R Rathod bt S Rai 15-9, 15-7; (Men’s 2nd
N D’SA bt V Bagga 15-7, 15-5; S Rai bt R Warden 15-13, 11-15, 15-14; S Raut bt P Bang 15-10, 15-5; A Nakashe bt R Desai 10-15, 15-10, 15-12; M Shah bt P Katdhare 15-6, 15-7; A Hindlekar bt J Joseph 15-5, 15-9; J Menon bt I Kapur 15-9, 15-6; N Kelkar bt P Tiwari 11-15, 1511, 15-12; D Jaitly bt V Kuvale 15-7, 15-12; P Singh bt V Kushwaha 15-10, 15-4; R Sainani bt A Shrivastav 15-10, 15-11; Y Tiwari bt S Pal 15-12, 15-14; S Aroskar bt D Nadar 15-11, 15-14; J Shaikh bt A Pawar 15-6, 15-4; S Sonawane bt A Gulechha 15-6, 15-10; V Kuvale bt S Jhaveri 15-8, 15-6.
AICF WGM International Women’s Chess results (Round 1): WGM G Tokhirjonova (UZB, 2379) 0.5 point drew with WIM E Tomilova (RUS, 2334) 0.5 point; WGM TKP Vo (VIE, 2376) 1 point bt D Deshmukh (IND, 2138) 0; IM A Zozulia (BEL, 2314) 0.5 point drew with WIM A Hagawane (IND, 2297) 0.5 point; R Ravi (IND, 2067) 0 lost to V Agarwal (IND, 2279) 1 point; WGM G Nakhbayeva (KAZ, 2323) 1 point bt WIM Monnisha GK (IND, 2295) 0; IM B Munguntuul (MGL, ELO 2410) 1 point bt WIM S Seshadri (IND, 2207) 0.