TEAM HERALD

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PANJIM: Floyd Araujo and Sharmad Mahajan scored pulsating victories to move into men’s singles final of SAG state ranking badminton championship organized by Goa Badminton Association in collaboration with SAG at indoor stadium, Campal, here.

Sharmad stunned top seed Navneet Nasnodkar 22-20, 21-19 in a close match while Floyd edged past Pankaj Naik 21-23, 21-19, 21-14 in three tight sets.

Other results – Men’s doubles semi-finals: Floyd Araujo/Navneet Nasnodkar bt Sharmad Mahajan/Sunny Sawant 21-16, 23-21; Pankaj Naik/T Krishna bt Sandip Kanji/Kamlesh Kanji 10-21, 21-18, 21-16.

Men’s doubles quarter-finals: Floyd Araujo/Navneet Nasnodkar bt Ankush Patil/ Wilfred Jaques 21-16, 21-12; Sharmad Mahajan/Sunny Sawant bt Vaman Fallary/Sanath Kamat 22-20, 19-21, 21-18; Pankaj Naik/T Krishna bt Kunal Savordekar/Ayub K  21-13, 20-22, 21-11; Sandip Kanji/Kamlesh Kanji bt Parag Chauhan/Darwin Barretto 10-21, 21-18, 21-14.

Veterans 45 plus doubles semi-finals: Ramnath Shetgaonkar/Wilson D'Souza w/o Vaman Fallary/Vinayak Kamat; Pradosh Silimkhan/Cancio Mascarenhas bt Peter Telles/Sudin Kuvelkar 21-14, 21-12.