Defending champion Rakhi Chavan of Loksatta will take on Lokmat’s Meenal Jain in the women’s singles final in Gaikwad-Patil International School-SJAN Media Badminton at Subhedar Hall, here on Sunday.
The tournament has been organisee by Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) in association with Department of Sports and Physical Education of RTM Nagpur University.
In the first semi-final, Rakhi quelled the challenge of new-entrant Kajal Chopde 15-13, 15-5 whereas Meenal faced no difficulty in eliminating Priti Valunjkar 15-5, 15-7.
In the men’s singles event, defending champion Ashish Jain, runners-up Suhas Nayse, Fakhruddin Bora and Ameya Manke entered the semis. Jain, Nayse and Manke also entered the mens doubles and mixed doubles semis.
The semi-finals and finals will be played on Monday from 9 a.m. onwards followed by prize distribution function.
Results
Women singles semis: Rakhi Chavan (Loksatta) bt Kajal Chopde (Navbharat) 15-13, 15-5; Meenal Jain (Lokmat) bt Priti Valunjkar (Navbharat) 15-5, 15-7.
Men’s singles QF: Ashish Jain (Lokmat) bt Manish Sakharwade (TOI) 15-6, 15-3; Suhas Nayse (TOI) bt Raviraj Ambadwar (Lokmat) 15-6, 15-11; Fakhruddin Bora (TOI) bt Farhan Qazi (Nagpur Today) 15-7, 15-7; Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt SS Ahmad (Navbharat) 15-10, 15-13.
Men’s doubles QF: Ashish Jain-Pravin Lathane (Lokmat) bt Gaurav Pareek-Saurav Pal (TOI) 15-9, 15-3; SS Ahmad-Farhan Qazi bt Manish Sakharwade-Sunil Warrier (TOI) 15-9, 11-15, 15-10; Mahesh Sarangi-Ameya Manke (Navbharat) bt Raviraj Ambedwar-Morris Raynold (Lokmat) 15-5, 15-9; Suhas Nayse-Fakhruddin Bora (TOI) bt Shailesh Pudke- Vivek Bendarkar (TOI) 15-4, 15-6.
Mixed doubles QF: Ashish Jain-Meenal Jain (LokmaT) bt Sandeep Wardhane-Sonali Jichkar (TOI) 15-5; Ameya Manke-Kajal Chopde (Navbharat) bt Fakhruddin Bora-Chaitali Deshmukh (TOI) 15-4; Raviraj Ambadwar-Sangita Ambadwar bt Mahesh Sarangi-Trupti Deo (Navbharat) 15-11; Suhas Nayse -Deblina Dasgupta (TOI) bt Dharmendra Kumar-Priti Atulkar (TOI) 15-6.
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