PANJIM, FEB 1
Reigning champions Models Eagles stuttered en route to a 3-1 victory over the Vasco outfit Harbour Blues in Pro Badminton League, organised by Panjim Badminton Club in association with Sports Authority of Goa, at Indoor Stadium, Campal here.
Hot favourites Fomento Flamingos survived a scare from GBA Super Riders, the Ponda team, before prevailing 3-2 in a nail-biting edge of the seat thriller.
The match between Fallary Warriors and PBC Panthers was expected to go the distance. However, Warriors surprisingly won the contest quite easily with a 3-0 scoreline.
Pre-tournament favourites Caculo Chargers scored a comfortable 3-0 win over Welfits Twisters.
Results:
Models Eagles beat Harbour Blues 3-1. Sunny Sawant and Astha Gupta lost to Mohammed Sheikh and Pranjal Chimulkar 14-21, 16-21. Chinmay Kamat and Rahul Chandrashekar beat Tejas Prabhugaonkar and Eeshan Vernekar 21-16, 21-18. Parag Chauhan and Darwin Barretto beat Pratik Kamat and Mohammed Sheikh 21-18, 16-21, 21-16. Sunny Sawant beat Pratik Kamat 21-7, 27-25.
Fomento Flamingos beat GBA Super Riders 3-2. Navneet Nasnodkar and Malti Dani lost to Seby Ferrao and Anushka
Kuvelkar beat 13-21, 12-21. Krishnaraj Gauns and Pranav Silimkhan lost to Sharmad Mahajan and Prathit Naik 13-21, 13-21. Floyd Araujo and Navneet Nasnodkar beat Sharmad Mahajan and Seby Ferrao 21-13, 21-14. Floyd Araujo beat Sohan Kelekar 21-8, 21-6. Santosh Prabhudesai and Dr R Borkar beat Sudin Kyuvelkar and Rupchandra Humraskar 17-21, 21-13, 21-10.
Fallary Warriors beat PBC Panthers 3-0. Chinmay Fallary and Anura Prabhudesai beat Mahesh Angle and Rhea Kossambe 21-15, 21-16. Yash Angle and Sanath Kamat beat Dhruv Angle and Varad Karekar 21-14, 21-8. Sandip Kanji and Chinmay Fallary beat Vishal Vernekar and Ankush Patil 21-12, 21-14.
Caculo Chargers beat Welfits Twisters 3-0. Pankaj Naik and Marina beat Arnold Rodrigues and Hetal Kenaudikar 21-15, 21-14. Aniket Shenai and Saish Salelkar beat Chirag Narvekar and Ashish Narvekar 21-13, 21-7. Pankaj Naik and Krushnan Naik beat Luciano Soares and Mahesh Pawaskar 22-20, 21-19.
