Mumbai: Professional Rajan Samant, who also set number 1 in the men’s category 45, achieved Joseph Anthony with the 15: 8, 15: 6 victory in the semi-finals of the 31st GD Birla Masters Inter Club-Badminton tournament, which was together by Bombay Guykhana.
In other games, Fancied Jitesh Padukone had to retire after winning the first game against Prahant Shah 15-13 and stayed in second place with 4: 5. Also to the last four climb Sachin Bharati, who had gathered to defeat Dhirendra Maurya 10-15, 15-9, 15-9 and Second Seed Gautam Lad, who sailed past Pankaj Sampat 15-7, 15-7.
In the over 110 double games of the men, the top seeds Ayaz Bilawala and Rajesh d’Souza from Bombay Gym entered the quarter-finals with a simple win with 30: 7 against Anand Rai and Yogesh Kalia. The second seeds Bibhash Chatterjee and Yogesh Sanghvi, who defeated Jiji Jacob and Savio Lamb with 30-13, also rose with ease.
The top seeds near Divecha and Shaiilesh Daga did not break much sweat before moving to the semi-finals of the university double with a 15: 2, 15: 8 victory against Sanjay Deshmukh and Suraj Awatramani.
Professional singles (round 64)
Sanjay Golbaren (BMC Gymkhana) Beat Mangesh Jadhav (PJ Hindu Gymkhana)
30-9; Dattaram Radiye defeated Ganesh more 30-12; Pranit ban loost to Athish Annapurne 30-14; Amar Salvi defeated Jayesh Mahadik (Bombay Gymkhana) 30-5; Vivek Yadav defeated Uday Jadhav (Garware Club House) 30-20; Mayur Devlekar beat Ravi Annapurne 30-16; Rahul Singh lost against Rahul Bhuvad 23-30; Jayendra Patekar granted a Walkover victory against Sahil Mali; Prapull Ghatvisave granted a Walkoveer Walx Kalpesh Padekar 30-12 Shalesh Joshi was granted against Sapnil Gaikwad
Professional singles round of 32
Satish Mahyavanshi lost to Prafull Ghatvisave 13-30; Premal Mancar defeated Rakesh Kancade 30-17; Manoj Nachanekar (1) beat more 30-13; Rajan Samant (4) (L) defeated Rajesh Jadhav (CCI) (R) 30-11; Mayur Devlekar lost against Akshay KancaWade17-30; Roshan Devlekar lost against Sanjay Golbar 5-30; Vivek Yadav defeated Dataram Radiye 30-16; Jayendra Patekar lost 17-30 against Sohan Jadhav; Santosh Pawar lost to Shubham More (3) 19-30; Shailesh Joshi defeated Vishwas Jadhav 30-13; Rahul Bhuvad defeated Azay Mali 30-15
Chetan Bandarkar (2) received a Walkover victory against Lalit Bane
Chandrakumar Yadav granted a Walkover victory against Ananda n Mascar
Amar Salvi granted a Walkover victory against Rajesh Jadhav BG
Aatish Annapurne granted a Walkover victory against Jayesh Devlekar
MS 45 – round of 16
Dhirendra Maurya defeated Suchit Khobaekar 30-18; Prahant Shah received a Walkover victory against Navin Kamat
MS-45 quarter-finals
Rajan Samant (1) beat Joseph Anthony 15-8, 15-6; Jitesh Padukone scored Prahant Shah (winner) -15-13, 4-5; Dhirendra Maurya lost to Sachin Bharati-15-10, 9-15, 9-15; Pankaj C Sampat lost against Gautam Laud (2) -7-15, 7-15
WS 45 – quarter -finals
Safiya Anjum received Walkver win against Linta Mathew
MD 110+ round 16
Ayaz Bilawala (1)/Rajesh dsouza defeated Anand Rai/Yogesh Kalia 30-7; George Varghese/Ranjeet Kothari lost to Anil Pandey/Vipul Shah 27-30; Anand Vithalkar/Vipool Patel defeated Naushad Tamboli/Raj with 30-13; Parthasarathi Patnaik/Satinder Malhotra lost to Ketan Patel/Suraj Awatra 20-30; Santosh Oak/Suresh Mirgal lost against Jatin Agarwal/Naval Bir Kumar 19-30; Mukesh Mehra/Virus Ashok Shah lost against Rakesh Ragha/Yogesh Kumar 23-30; Ajit Bhide/Dr. Shankar Rivankar lost against Prahant Mukherjee/Vilas Kuvale15-30; Jiji Jacob/Savio Lamb against Bibhash Chatterjee (2)/Yogesh Sanghvi 13-30
Uni double – round of 16
Anand Vithalkar/Priya Ambekar Beat Avnieee Thakkarr/Savio Lamb 30-23; Sanjay
Milind R Purnapatre/Naval Bir Kumar lost to Anil Ahuja/Tushar Jhaveri 18-30; Anil Pandey/Kumar Hinduja lost to Bibhash Chatterjee/Rajesh D Souza 22-30; Bharat Patil/Prashann Mukherjee lost to Satiner Malhotra/Vipool Patel 22-30
Anjali Parab/Narasimhan Kasthurikrishnan granted a Walkover victory against Camiel Seth/Mahesh Aras
Deshmukh/Suraj Awastivai Lonko Walkover Winst against Giles Casterlino/Manoj for
Uni double quarter-finals
Near Divecha (1)/Shalesh Daga defeated Sanjay Deshmukh/Suraj Awatramani 15-2, 15-8; Anand Vithalkar/Priya Ambekar Beat Anil Auja/Tushar Jhaveri
16-14, 5-15, 15-12
