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PANJIM: Goans performed creditably in the 55+ to 75+ categories with Peter Tellis, Vamanan K and Manju Khandeparkar being the stand-out performers in the Indian Masters Veterans Badminton Nationals at Navelim, today.
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Satish Kudchadkar, Wilson D’ Souza, Ajay Gupta, Narahar Thakur, Marina Albuquerque, Felipe Barbosa, Vishwanath Prabhu, Rupchandra Humraskar, Dhananjay Sirsat also recorded good progress.
In men’s 65+ doubles pre-quarter finals, Vamanan K. and Petek Tellis from Goa defeated Eurico Rosario and Ajay Shukla from Gujarat 21-14, 21-9. In women’s doubles 60+ group, Manju Khandeparker from Goa and Sunitha Swaminathan from Tamil Nadu defeated Sumathi Churukanti and Narmada Nohula from Telangana 21-3, 21-8 to head into the quarter-finals. Manju also had a good outing in singles, defeating Nila Bhattacharjee from West Bengal 19-21, 21-8, 21-18 to enter the pre-quarter finals in women’s singles 60+.
Satish Kudchadkar, a gold medalist at the National Ranking held in Goa in 2020 and a strong contender to win a medal, defeated Wazir Chand Goyal from Haryana 21-6, 21-8 to seal his place in the pre-quarter finals. In mixed doubles 55+, Shailendra Bagre, MP, and Marina Albuquerque, Goa, beat Satinder Malhotra, Mah, and Sharmila Verma, Guj, 15-9, 15-6 to move into the pre-quarter finals.
In women’s singles 55+ Manjiri Moktali from Goa went down fighting to Hemin Baghe from Chhattisgarh 16-21, 21-15, 21-14 in Round of 32. In men’s doubles 55+ round of 32, Wilson D’Souza from Goa and his partner Rajesh Kumar Gupta defeated Hemant Patel and Jitendra Pradhan from Gujarat 21-13, 21-17 while Rupchandra Humraskar and Dhananjay Sirsat from Goa defeated Babul Saha and Rameswar Saha from Tripura 21-16, 21-10.
In men’s singles 60+, Filipe Barbosa from Goa defeated Satyanarayana Allam from Telangana 21-13, 21-14. In men’s doubles 60+, Narahar Thakur and Ajay Gupta from Goa defeated Pitrush Indwar and Trilok Kumar from Bihar 21-15, 21-14 to head into Round of 32. Joining them were Ashok Menon and Vishwanath Prabhu from Goa, who gained a walkover against Raju G. K. from Delhi and Hareendran Gangadharan Pillai from Kerala
