Maharashtra State Open Badminton 2024: Harshit Mahimkar Smoothly Sails Past Veer Bhadane
Talented teenager and second seed Harshit Mahimkar proved too good for Veer Bhadane smoothly sailed to a quick 30-8 win in just 11 minutes in a Boys’ U-17 singles round-32 match of the NSCI hosted Yonex Sunrise-Maharashtra State Open Badminton Tournament 2024, organized by the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA) under the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA), and played at the NSCI courts on Friday.
In contrast, top seed Tanay Mehendale faced a challenge from unseeded Arjun Pawar, before carving out a 30-22 win in 17 minutes.
Meanwhile, third seed Ishan Wankhede got the better of Meet Udhoji 30-18 in 17 minutes, and fourth seed Nidhish More ground out a hard-fought win against Soham Tambe by a 30-24 margin in 22 minutes.
In women’s singles competiton, third seed Manasvi Vaidya overcame Puja Puppala romping to an easy 30-14 win in just 10 minutes, while Apurva Ghadge scored a fighting win against Kaavya Thanukrishnan posting a 30-27 win in 18 minutes.
Results – Boys’ U-17 singles (round-32): 1-Tanay Mehendale bt Arjun Pawar 30-22; Praful Pardi bt Vatsal Tiwari 30-18; Tanay Joshi bt Vedant Sawant 30-21; 4-Nidhish More bt Soham Tambe 30-24; Aayan Kapadia bt Rajguru Garad 30-21; Sumit Made bt Anay Pingulkar 30-19; Hrushikesh Kolambekar bt Shivam Chaure 30-23; 3-Ishan Wankhede bt Meet Udhoji 30-18; Ishan Salvi bt Ananya Deshmukh 30-21;
Numan Shaikh bt Mohit Kamble 30-27; 2-Harshit Mahimkar bt Veer Bhadane 30-8.
Women’s singles (Round-32): Anushka Bhise bt Pushti Koladiya 30-20; Nirali Pokharna bt Manya Kotian 30-21; Devanshi Shinde bt Purva Bagkar 30-20; Ananya Rane bt Sanjana Maharao 30-20; 3-Manasvi Vaidya bt Puja Puppala 30-14; Siddhi Solanki bt Ishika Chattikal 30-27; Apurva Ghadge bt Kaavya Thanukrishnan 30-27.
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