SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
Team Herald
NAVELIM: Goa’s Sandhya Melasheemi along with her partner Varun Sharma from Chandigarh who are the top seeds in the tournament moved into the pre quarter-finals, in Mixed Doubles 35+ category at the All India Masters Ranking Badminton tournament underway at Manohar Parrikar Indoor stadium, Navelim.
In Mixed Doubles event, Sandhya / Varun who are the reigning National champions in 35+, beat Shibu G. / Deepana S.N. by a 21-8, 21-8 score line.
Earlier, Goa’s men’s doubles pair of Amit Kakkar / Vishal Vernekar led the way in the morning session with a thrilling 21-10, 15-21, 21-12 win over Surya Rao T.V.R. / Charanjeet Singh Thakur to advance into the round of 16 in Men’s Doubles 40+.
Joining them were the Kanji brothers Sandip and Kamlesh who are seeded one in this event, who too advanced into the pre quarter finals in this category with comfortable ease, cruising past Sanjay Gandhi/ Prakash Sharma with a 21-10, 21-9 score line.
Darwin Barreto / Supriya Pai Kuchelkar continued their fine form by storming into the quarter finals in Mixed Doubles 45+ by registering a hard fought 21-17, 16-21, 21-11 win over Murukan E. V./ Arati Patwardhan.
