Raju Bhaisare , Abdul Sagir , Rajat Kotangale and Gurucharan Tambe entered the next round of the Vidarbha Ranking Carrom Tournament being held under the Khasdar Krida Mahotsav.
In the men’s singles second round, Bhaisare defeated S Gedam of Janta Club 15-2, 23-3. Sagir got the better of Alim of Hurrian Club 21-9, 19-8 while Kotangale of Hurrian Club beat Raza Siddique of Star Kamptee 21-15, 25-11. Tambe had no difficulty in sending Shakti Birha of Star Kamptee packing with a 25-19, 25-6 margin.
Results: Men’s singles 2nd round: Nikhil Lokhande bt Pratham Karihar 25-10, 23-3; Alam Khan bt Shobit Chauhan 21-6, 12-11; Md Iliyas bt Nehal Barmaya 19-8, 21-5, Amar Gajbhiye bt C Chahare 25-12, 24-5; Aditya Ramteke bt R Telgote 17-11, 17-19; Moreshwar Bhaisare bt Pranav Patil 25-0, 25-5.
Women’s singles 1st round: Prarthana Tambe bt Saloni Jamnik 17-15, 10-18, 20-17; Pushpa Lakhra bt Shreya Lokhande 25-8, 15-10; Pushpalata Hedau bt Harshita Bhivgade 25-0, 15-10; Praisy Tambe bt Dhyaneshwari 25-0, 25-0.
Veterans men’s singles 1 st round: CS Dhawale bt Rajendra Batho 25-7, 25-5; AS John bt Sayyad Yusuf 25-5, 18-14; Firoz Khan bt Ravi Dani 23-0, 25-8; Yashwant Khapre bt S Lokhande 19-15, 25-0; Shaikh Hameed bt Mohd Haroon 24-0, 25-4.