Nagpur: Promising city shuttler Devansh Thaokar won all three quarterfinal matches to steal the spotlight on the second day of the Baidyanath Nagpur District badminton championship at Subhedar Hall on Tuesday.
As the top seed in the Under-15 category, Devansh began his day with a comfortable 15-8, 15-9 victory over Vedant Yadav to secure a spot in the semifinals. In the Under-17 boys singles quarterfinal, Devansh overcame Hridaan Singh 15-11, 15-13. Later in the evening, he defeated Kapish Kolhe in straight games 15-11, 15-11 to advance to the Under-19 semifinals. By winning all three quarterfinal matches, Devansh has secured bronze medals in each of the three events he is participating in.
Men's Singles Quarterfinals
Top seed Rohan Singh outclassed Arnav Nimbalkar 15-12, 15-12 to set up a semifinal clash with Priyanshu Dubey, who staged a comeback to beat Nabeel Ahmed 12-15, 20-18, 15-5. In another thrilling encounter, Chunharmeet Sokhi rallied from a game down to edge out Sanidhya Khandare 13-15, 15-8, 20-18 and will face Ameya Naktode in the semifinals.
Masters Group
In the Masters group, Balkrishna Bhave emerged as the men's singles 35+ champion after a hard-fought 15-13, 8-15, 15-12 victory over Homiyar Dumasia.
Other Quarterfinal Results
Women's Singles: Niraja Kulkarni bt Mugdha Sawarkar 15-11, 15-10; Tinku Ninave bt Aishwarya Pimpalapure 15-7, 8-15, 15-9; Ditisha Somkuwar bt Rudrani Kunte 15-3, 15-6.
Men's Doubles: Dipanshu Shukla-Nabeel Ahmed bt Sourabh Kerhalkar-Vedit Chokhani 15-8, 15-9; Aaryan Sadhankar-Gaurav Rege bt Arnav Nimbalkar-Jeeva Pillai 15-13, 15-9.
Mixed Doubles: Vansh Jodhani-Madhu Adwani bt Ajay Rana-Prerna Morkhade 15-9, 15-8; Rohan Singh-Krisha Soni bt Tekendra Sanodiya-Avani Peshkar 15-10, 15-5.
Under-9 Boys Singles: 1-Ayaan Tamhan bt Reyaansh Srivastava 15-2, 15-5; Ayansh Karare bt 4-Aayansh Bansod 15-6, 15-6; Swayam Subhlok bt Khush Bhattad 15-8, 15-6; Shaurya Chitlange bt Yomik Kadu 15-8, 15-6.
Under-9 Girls Singles: 1-Aanya Jha bt Ekansha Tarone 15-9, 15-12; 4-Aarna Mishra bt Anshika Jain 7-15, 15-8, 15-12; Samyra Barbat bt Amyra Shambharkar 15-6, 15-7; Shuddhi Yadav bt Ananya Nadupuru 14-16, 15-13, 15-12.
Under-11 Boys Singles: 1-Raghav Niwarti bt Ram Gajbe 15-3, 15-1; Abir Bhattacharya bt Ridaant Matade 15-10, 15-8; Vihan Bhise bt Nirved Tembhurne 15-10, 15-9; Pradyumna Meshram bt Niyukt Mogare 15-5, 15-9.
Under-11 Girls Singles: 1-Prisha Titare bt Anvi Udapurkar 15-4, 15-6; Paridhi Hadole bt Aanya Jha 15-11, 15-7; Manaswi Kalamkar bt Sachi Patil 17-15, 15-8; Chinmayi Dapurkar bt Ananya Gour 15-4, 15-5.
Under-13 Boys Singles: 1-Ojas Landge bt Darsheel Meshram 15-17, 15-7, 15-4; 4-Raghav Niwarti bt Aaradhya Kalaskar 16-14, 15-13; Kartik Naidu bt Kanwarjeet Singh 15-8, 15-11; Shreeansh Naidu bt Vrishank Pandey 15-9, 13-15, 15-8.
Under-13 Girls Singles: 1-Aanya Malhotra bt Prisha Titare 15-5, 15-8; Akshita Dorshatwar bt Saachi Wankhade 15-4, 21-20; Nikita Biswas bt Aadvi Supatkar 15-10, 15-8; Ira Rokade bt Amoli Pendharkar 15-9, 15-11.
Under-15 Boys Singles: 1-Devansh Thaokar bt Vedant Yadav 15-8, 15-9; Vismay Mhaske bt Shreeansh Naidu 17-15, 9-15, 15-12; Kapish Kolhe bt Ishan Jha 15-6, 18-16; Arnav Gupta bt Kartik Thakur 15-7, 15-6.
Under-15 Girls Singles: 1-Dhriti Mehta bt Ira Rokade 15-4, 15-9; Aaraddhya Sahare bt Anushree Nayse 15-10, 15-4; Umai Dhumal bt Harshika Sharma 6-15, 20-18, 15-12; Anudnya Satpute bt Advaiya Sathe 15-6, 15-7.
Under-17 Boys Singles: 1-Aarav Thakre bt Anuksh Khobragade 15-9, 15-6; Mourya Khandelwal bt 4-Mayank Mishra 12-15, 15-9, 15-9; Devansh Thaokar bt Hridaan Singh 15-11, 15-13; Zeeshan Khan bt Ojas Deshmukh 15-12, 15-8.
Under-17 Girls Singles: Vridhi Bang bt Harshika Sharma 15-11, 15-10; Grishma Kaishalwar bt Advaiya Sathe 15-5, 15-11; Umai Dhumal bt Sharayu Rewaskar 7-15, 15-12, 8-4 Ret; Sanvi Ghate bt Dhriti Mehta 15-3, 15-5.
Under-19 Boys Singles: Rutva Sajwan bt Mourya Khandelwal 15-6, 15-7; Hridaan Singh bt Mayank Mishra 4-15, 15-13, 15-6; Devansh Thaokar bt Kapish Kolhe 15-11, 15-11.
Under-19 Girls Singles: Sanvi Ghate bt Nandani Singh 15-2, 15-2; Mugdha Sawarkar bt Sejal Thadani 15-4, 15-13; Niraja Kulkarni bt Janhavi Palsodkar 15-0, 15-4.
