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Thursday, August 6, 1998

Siblings sizzle at CCI courts

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE  
MUMBAI, Auug 5: The Swaminathan siblings made it to the finals of their respective age-groups in the Castrol Greater Mumbai District badminton tournament at the CCI courts today.

While Don Bosco student Narayan set up a final clash with Zarir Warden following a 15-7, 15-5 win over Rishab Agarwal in the Midget boys' semi-finals, sister Girija will play Anagha Bhide in the final after breaking Pooja Todi's game 11-2, 11-5.

With Raksha Bandhan fast approaching, another brother-sister combination advanced in style. Top seeded Vikrant Patwardhan, runner-up last year, beat Anant Chavan 15-8, 15-0 in the men's singles quarter-finals while Asawari, seeded No 1 too, was a 11-4, 11-1 winner over Pooja Kotwani.

Asawari's opponent in the women's singles -- a depleted field of seven -- final will be Neha Gangoli. Gangoli made short work of Sampada Pai 11-0, 11-6.

The two are set to clash in the doubles final also, teaming up with Hufrish Nariman and Shilpa Shah respectively.

Shivani Mayekar, seeking adouble here, will play both the sub-junior and midget girls' finals. She meets Aditi Kulkarni in the first final after defeating Fatima Shah 11-5, 11-2 and plays Maitreye Nigvekar in the latter.

Maitreye pulled a fast one on second seed Ketaki Rajsinha 11-9, 5-11, 11-0 in a 40-minute semi-final encounter.

Results

Men's singles (quarter-finals): Vikrant Patwardhan bt Anant Chavan 15-8, 15-0; Behzaad Devadhwala bt Vilas Kulwale 15-11, 15-10; Kunal Vaswani bt Harshad Tawade 15-13, 15-6; Vivek Gautam bt Deepak Jaitley 7-15, 15-5, 15-1.

Boys' doubles (semi-finals): Harshad Tawade/Deepak Jaitley bt Sudhir Kumar/Rakesh Yadav 15-4, 15-6; Nikhil Makhijani/Jaideep Jhangiani bt Mayur Bhowani/Gurpreet Soni 15-1, 15-12.

Sub-junior boys' singles (quarter-finals): Swapnil Vyavaharkar bt Rahul Weling 15-9, 15-8; Aniket Limaye btShahrukh Naik 15-12, 15-10; Animesh Kejriwal bt Ajay Ganesh 15-12, 4-15, 15-13; Rakesh Yadav bt Dilpreet Singh Sahani 15-8, 15-9.

Midget boys' singles(semi-finals): Zarir Warden bt Prasad Shetty 15-4, 15-8; Swaminathan Narayan bt Rishab Agarwal15-7, 15-5.

Midget boys' singles (semi-finals): Harsh Jhaveri bt Dhruv Parekh 15-0, 15-2.

Women's singles (semi-finals): Asawari Patwardhan bt Pooja Kotwani 11-4, 11-1; Neha Gangoli bt Sampada Pai 11-0, 11-6.

Women's doubles (semi-finals): Neha Gangoli/Shilpa Shah bt Vandana Valimbe/SaritaChavan 16-17, 15-12, 15-1; Hufrish Nariman/Asawari Patwardhan bt Pooja Kohli/Anita Nathani 15-2, 15-6.

Sub-junior girls' singles (semi-finals):Shivani Mayekar bt Fatima Shah 11-5, 11-2; Aditi Kulkarni bt Radhika Shukla 11-2, 11-4.

Midget girls' singles (quarter-finals): Shivani Mayekar bt Pooja Brar 11-4, 11-4; Maitreye Nigvekar bt Ketki Rajsimha 11-9, 5-11, 11-0.

Mini girls' singles (semi-finals): Anagha Bhide bt Vinita Ghate 11-4, 11-1; Girija Swaminathan bt Pooja Todi 11-2, 11-5.

Neha Gangoli (foreground) executes a backhand during the women's double semi-finals aspartner Shilpa Shah watches at the CCI courts on Wednesday.

Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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