Panaji
Ishan Verma, Pranav Silimkhan, Tejas Tendulkar and Arjun Fallary qualified into the Men's singles Main Draw, at the State Badminton championships organised by Ponda Badminton Club in collaboration with Goa Badminton Association, DSYA and SAG, at Ponda Sports Complex. Promising Player prizes were awarded to Ishaan Verma, Mohit Naik and Aashutosh Joshi on the inaugural day of the championship.
Results: Men's Singles Qualifying - Ishan Verma bt Sushant Sawant 15-10, 15-7;Pranav Silimkhan bt Aashutosh Joshi 15-11, 15-11;Tejas Tendulkar bt Sahil Taparia 19-17, 17-15;Amit Kakkar bt Parth Kantak 20-21, 15-6, 15-10;Darshan Hegde bt Nilesh Parab 15-13, 15-13;Arjun Fallary bt Pranav Natu 12-15, 17-15, 17-15;Sharang Kama bt Suman Bag 15-11, 15-7;Sakar Chugh bt Parag Chauhan 15-8, 15-8. Men's Doubles Qualifying - Minar Pandit/Amey Chari bt Sharang Kamat/Sushant Sawant 15-12, 15-9;Sahil Taparia/Ishaan Verma bt Sandeep Heble/Mohit Naik 15-10, 15-6;Aashutosh Joshi/Akash Diwan bt Abhijit Naik/Karan Naik 12-15, 15-12, 15-10;Kishore Raghubans/Bhushan V bt Pradeep Prabhu/Tejas Tendulkar 15-11,15-12
Pranav Silimkhan/Dinesh Pai bt Raj Shrivant/Prachit Naik 15-6, 15-3; Kewal Sawant/Shantaram Raikar bt Hayat Fazal/ Eeshan Vernekar 15-9, 15-11; Arjun Fallary/Swayam Sardesai bt Satej Khandeparkar/Kushal Khandeparkar 15-7, 15-4.
