Mahimkar, Mehendale Enter Round Of 16 In Maharashtra State Open Badminton

Second seed Harshit Mahimkar defeated Veer Bhane 30-8 in a one-sided contest to move into round of 16 in ir boys’ U-17 singles match in Maharashtra State Open Bminton tournament here on Friday.

While Mahimkar needed only 11 minutes to brush aside challenge of his opponent, top seeded Tanay Mehendale recorded a 30-22 win in 17 minutes over unseeded Arjun Pawar.

third seeded Ishan Wankhede got better of Meet Udhoji 30-18 while fourth seed Nidhish More was me to work hard for a 30-24 win by Soham Tambe.

In girls' singles competition, third seed Manasvi Vaidya overcame Puja Puppala romping to an easy 30-14 win in just 10 minutes, while Apurva Ghge won 30-27 against Kaavya Thanukrishnan.

Results: Boys’ U-17 singles (round-32): 1-Tanay Mehendale bt Arjun Pawar 30-22; Praful Pardi bt Vatsal Tiwari 30-18; Tanay Joshi bt Vedant Sawant 30-21; 4-Nidhish More bt Soham Tambe 30-24; Aayan Kapia bt Rajguru Gar 30-21; Sumit Me bt Anay Pingulkar 30-19; Hrushikesh Kolambekar bt Shivam Chaure 30-23; 3-Ishan Wankhede bt Meet Udhoji 30-18; Ishan Salvi bt Ananya Deshmukh 30-21; Numan Shaikh bt Mohit Kamble 30-27; 2-Harshit Mahimkar bt Veer Bhane 30-8.

Girls' singles (round-32): Anushka Bhise bt Pushti Koliya 30-20; Nirali Pokharna bt Manya Kotian 30-21; Devanshi Shinde bt Purva Bagkar 30-20; Ananya Rane bt Sanjana Maharao 30-20; 3-Manasvi Vaidya bt Puja Puppala 30-14; Siddhi Solanki bt Ishika Chattikal 30-27; Apurva Ghge bt Kaavya Thanukrishnan 30-27.