In the men’s singles pre-quarters, Parteek Mahajan got the better of Frederick Fernandes in two straight sets with a score of 21-6, 21-8.
In the next match, Parag Chauhan thumped Siddharth Mohan 21-9, 21-17 while Navneet Nasnodkar grounded Harsimran Singh 21-8, 21-7 and Tejan Fallary defeated Kunal Khanvilkar 21-11, 21-7.
Sanath Kamat got the better of Gajendra Kankonkar 21-15, 21-12 while Chirag Ramdas defeated Aashrun Gautam 21-19, 17-21, 21-10 and Floyd Araujo grounded Malhar Patil 21-16, 21-10.
In the men’s doubles pre-quarters, Pankaj Naik/ Sunny Sawant bt Sahil Bhutani/ Rakesh Mallya 21-18, 21-11; Krushnan Naik/ Sanjay Pai bt Arnold Rodrigues/ Bhushan Vernekar 23-21, 21-14; Parag Chauhan/ Parteek Mahajan bt Abhijeet Naik/ Mahendra Naik 21-16, 21-17; Floyd Araujo/ Darwin Barretto bt Bramanand/ Karan 21-10, 21-6; Tejan Fallary/ Dhruv Angle bt Sarang Kamat/ Viraj S 21-11, 21-12; Kapil Kanji/ Kunal Savordekar bt Shantaram Raikar/ Manoj Humraskar 21-8, 21-17; Chirag Ramdas/ Malhar Patil bt Rahul Naik/ Sushant N 21-13, 21-4 and Navneet Nasnodkar/ Sanath Kamat bt Frederick Fernandes/ Karan Dhavaskar 21-14, 21-14.
Ritika Po and Siya Kakodkar moved into the U-13 Girls singles Pre-quarters, on Friday.
Kushi Bakhale, Claire Samuel, Isha Kulkarni and Ahaana Nayak also made it into the round of 16.
In the Boy’s U-13 event, Soham Khandeparkar, Ayaan Sheikh, Ashutosh Dhavlikar and Rudra Dukle moved into the pre-quarters. Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by Sandeep Heble, GBA vice-president in the presence of SAG xoaches Roy Athaide and Vinayak Kamat. Results of preliminary round are as follows.
U-13 Girls: Ritika Po bt Sanjana Talkar 21-12, 21-13; Claire Samuel bt Soumya Deshpande 21-12, 21-7; Kushi Bakhale bt Rucha Bhobhe 21-11, 19-21, 21-13; Siya Kakodkar bt Manpreet Kaur 21-7, 21-5; Isha Kulkarni bt Amisha Hadkonkar 21-9, 21-4; Ahaana Nayak bt Girija Naik 21-5, 21-2.
U-13 Boy’s: Soham Khandeparkar bt Luis Sylvestre 21-2, 21-3; Pushp Kane bt Shlok adhale 21-12, 21-18; Vyaas Rodrigues bt Prajwal Gaonkar 21-9, 21-11; Rudra Dukle bt Tejas Pillai 21-17, 21-16; Ashutosh Dhavlikar bt Kaushik Dessai 21-3, 21-5; Yash Halarnkar bt Salil Deshpande 21-2, 21-3; Ayaan Sheikh bt Om Parodkar 21-15, 21-13; Ashraf Aga bt Ashmit Parsekar 20-22, 21-5, 21-5; Arjun Fallary bt Yashodhan Gaunekar 21-2, 21-2: Vedant Kulkarni bt Shridhar Kamat 21-16, 21-12.
