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NAVELIM: Rupchandra Humraskar will face Filipe Barbosa in the men’s singles 60+ final, while Cancio Mascarenhas will meet Ravindranath Uchil in the men’s singles 65+ final at the BPS State Badminton Ranking Tournament 2025 organised by BPS Sports Club in collaboration with the Goa Badminton Association and SAG, at Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim, on Friday.
In qualification round two, Yash Desai outsmarted Chirag Mahale 15-5, 15-11 and Aswin Mannambalath overcame Owais Tahasildar 15-9, 17-15. Aswin had earlier beaten Mohammad Nadaf 15-11, 15-10 in round one. Other notable winners who progressed include Mihir Desai (beating Shubham Swami 15-13, 10-15, 17-15), Sarvadnya Khandeparkar (defeating Siddharth Hazra 15-13, 15-7), Kamesh Naik (beating Viveknath Gawas 16-14, 11-15, 15-13) and Sparsh Kolwalkar (defeating Om Kunkolienkar 15-13, 15-10).
The veterans’ draws produced clinical performances as the top players lived up to expectations: In the men’s 60+ semi-finals Rupchandra Humraskar (1) defeated Cholu Gauns 21-7, 21-4; while Filipe Barbosa beat Albert Jaques 21-12, 21-7 to set up their final. In the men’s 65+ semi-finals, Cancio Mascarenhas (1) overcame Deepak Salaskar 21-11, 21-15 and Ravindranath Uchil downed Meghasham Sawant 21-9, 21-8.
