Second seed Arpita beats top seed Saroj to clinch women 50+ singles crown
Mumbai, January 21: Second-seeded Arpita Jhaveri of Greater Mumbai District got the better of top-seeded Saroj Sawant of Ratnagiri District in the women’s 50+ singles final of the ‘Badminton 45’ Senior State Veterans Badminton Selection Tournament – 2018, conducted by the Maharashtra Badminton Association and hosted by the Bombay Gymkhana. In the summit clash the Mumbai shuttler Arpita dished out a steady performance and with a better tactical approach dashed the aspirations of Saroj by recording a 21-16, 21-16 victory to emerge champion.
Thane District’s Swapnal Chakrabarty and Kanchan Sane of Pune District bagged the women 40+ singles and women 60+ singles crowns respectively.
Swapnal looked in complete control and sidelined Greater Mumbai’s Urvashi Thapa coasting to a 21-9, 21-15 victory in the 40+ final. Kanchan enjoyed an easier outing and did not encounter much of opposition from Maria D’Sa, who was way below her best. The Pune shuttler with some fine winners wrapped the match racing to a 21-9, 21-7 triumph.
Naheed Divecha of Greater Mumbai claimed the women 45+ crown defeating Pune District’s Deepali Joshi in straight games, winning at 21-8, 21-17.
Meanwhile in the women 35+ singles final played between Mumbai Suburban shuttlers, Palkan Dave outplayed Linta Mathew and romped to 21-2, 21-2 success.
In the men 45+ singles semi-finals, top seed Ashutosh Pednekar of Greater Mumbai overcame fourth seed Vilas Kuvale also of Greater Mumbai 21-11, 21-11. In the other semi-final, Pednekar’s compatriot Shailesh Daga got the better of Rajesh Rochlani from Sangli 21-13, 21-12.
Results : Women 35+ singles – final: Palkan Dave (MS) bt Linta Mathew (MS) 21-2 21-2.
Women 40+ singles – final: Swapnal Chakrabarty (TH) bt Urvashi Thapa (GM) 21-9 21-15.
Women 45+ singles – final: Naheed Divecha (GM) bt Deepali Joshi (PN) 21-8 21-17.
Women 50+ singles – final: 2-Arpita Jhaveri (GM) bt 1-Saroj Sawant (RTG) 21-16 21-16.
Women 55+ singles – final: Manjusha Sahasrabudhe (PN) bt Manik Paranjpe (SNG) 21-9 21-3.
Women 60+ singles – final: Kanchan Sane (PN) bt Maria D’Sa (GM) 21-9 21-7.
Men 35+ singles – semi-finals: Abhishek Patil (NSK) bt Sarang Vyas (PN) 21-17 21-13; Aditya Pandya (MS) bt Sushant Niddodi (MS) 21-18 21-17.
Men 40+ singles – semi-finals: 1-Siddharth Patil (AUR) bt 4-Sachin Phadke (PN) 21-16 21-15; 3-Ajay Salvi (PAL) bt Sandeep Mohan (MS) 17-21 21-6 21-15.
Men 45+ singles – semi-finals: 1-Ashutosh Pednekar (GM) bt 4-Vilas Kuvale (GM) 21-11 21-11; 2-2-Shailesh Daga (GM) bt Rajesh Rochlani (SNG) 21-13 21-12.
Men 60+ singles – semi-finals: Vivek Patil (MS) bt Sharad Mahajan (NGP) 21-14 10-21 21-19; Sanjay Parande (PN) bt Mahesh Hegishte (MS) 18-21 21-16 21-11.