Riya Pillai makes to quarters
Shruti overcame Shilpi Pusadkar of Nashik 21-10, 21-12, while Revathi halted Anjali Kshirsagar of Nagpur 21-14.
Riya Pillai of Mumbai Suburban district eased into quarters with an easy 21-3, 21-3 win over Anagha Karandikar also of Mumbai Suburban district. While the Pune duo of Shruti Mundada and Revathi Devasthale endured strong challenges to enter the women’s singles quarter-finals, in the Khar Gymkhana-MBA Senior Inter District & Senior Open State Badminton Championship on Friday.
Shruti overcame Shilpi Pusadkar of Nashik 21-10, 21-12, while Revathi halted Anjali Kshirsagar of Nagpur 21-14, 21-13 in close encounters that also saw Mrunmayee Deshpande of Thane rally to a hard-fought 17-21, 21-11, 21-15 win over Mrunmayi Saoji of Nagpur.
Top seed Neha Pandit of Pune led the other favourites into the quarter-finals where she was joined by compatriot Mudra Dhainje, Vaishnavi Iyer of Mumbai Suburban and second seed Vaishnavi Bhale of Nagpur.
Results:
Women (Pre-quarter-finals): Neha Pandit (PN) bt Nakshatra Hanchate (MS) 21-9, 21-8; Mudra Dhainje (PN) bt Antara Thate (Raigad) 21-8, 21-7; Shruti Mundada (PN) bt Shilpi Pusadkar (NSK) 21-10, 21-12; Vaishnavi Bhale (NGP) bt Manya Avlani (MS) 21-8, 21-3; Revati Devasthale (PN) bt Anjali Kshirsagar (NGP) 21-14, 21-13; Mrunmayee Deshpande (TH) bt Mrunmayi Saoji (NGP) 17-21, 21-11, 21-15; Vaishnavi Iyer (MS) bt Gargee Degvekar (Raigad) 21-7, 21-14; Riya Pillai (MS) bt Anagha Karandikar (MS) 21-3, 21-3.