PANJIM: Tanushri Shadani is in line for a quadruple crown while Trisha Joshi is poised for a triple crown, at the Late Manohar Dhond Memorial State Sub Junior Badminton Ranking Tournament, organised in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association and the SAG, at Multipurpose stadium, Peddem.
Yash Desai, Harsh Mane, Rudra Dukle and Aryaman Saraf are vying for double crowns each.
The 13th edition of the Late Manohar Dhond Memorial championship evoked a good response from players competing to make it into the Goa squad for the Sub Junior nationals to be held later this month in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh (U-13) and Bangalore (U-15).
In U-13 boys singles semi-finals, Yash Desai was in cruise control against Rudra Phadte who he defeated 21-15, 21-11 while Harsh Mane who has been in fine form this season registered a commanding 21-7, 21-6 win over Sarvadnya Khandeparkar in the other semis.
In U-13 girls singles, Tanushri Shadani set up a title clash with Trisha Joshi. Tanushri defeated Synnovia D’ Souza 21-10, 21-3 in the semi-finals while Trisha accounted for Siya Kolwalkar, winning 21-14, 21-12.
The U-15 girls final will witness a repeat contest between Tanushri Shadani and Trisha Joshi.
In the semis, Tanushri defeated Jiya Kamat 21-11, 21-6 while Trisha registered a 21-8, 21-7 win over Rhea Kanji in the other semis.
In U-15 boys singles, Rudra Dukle will clash with Aryaman Saraf in the finals. In the semis, top seed Rudra defeated Yash Halarnkar 21-14, 21-10 while second seed Aryaman was made to work hard before registering a tense 19-21, 21-15, 22-20 win over Aashutosh Dhavalikar.
Following are the semi finals results in the doubles categories:
U-13 Boys Doubles semi finals: Yash Desai / Harsh Mane bt Ashish Shirodkar / Pranav Naik 21-6, 21-6; Rudra Phadte / Sarvadnya Khandeparkar bt Atharv Pednekar / Ashmeet Parsekar 21-18, 21-14
U- 13 Girls Doubles semi finals: Siya Kolwalkar / Soumya Lotlikar bt Sriya Saraf / Jiya Kamat 21-16, 21-18; Tanushri Shadani / Trisha Joshi bt Siya Dhavaskar / Disha Dutta 21-7, 21-4
U-15 Boys Doubles semi finals: Rudra Dukle / Aryaman Saraf bt Tejas Suthar / Samarth Kamat 21-6, 21-9; Yash Halarnkar / Om Parodkar bt Aashutosh Dhavalikar / Aryan Kumar 16-21, 21-16, 21-16
U-15 Girls Doubles semi finals: Siya Kolwalkar / Rhea Kanji bt Malaika Lobo / Siya Dhavaskar 16-21, 21-8, 21-18; Tanushri Shadani / Andrea Kalavampara bt Jiya Kamat / Sriya Saraf 21-6, 19-21, 21-13
