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Shantesh Mapsekar played a sterling semi-final match to beat Advait Mudras 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 and earned a finals spot against Aarav Aiyer in the cadet boys finals. Aarav got the better of Aaron Colaco in a tight encounter 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 7-11 in the other
semi-final.
Nagesh Verenkar will clash with Shantesh Mapsekar in the sub-junior boys finals. In the semi-finals, Nagesh got the better of Aarav Aiyer 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-6, while Shantesh beat Aadvik Panandikar 11-9, 12-10, 11-8.
Trisha Verlekar got the better of Galya Fernandes 11-5, 13-11,11-6 to enter the finals in the mini cadet girls category. Trisha will meet Leoma Fernandes, who defeated Sunidhi Savoikar 8-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6. In the cadet girls semi-finals, Sneha Mesta beat Trusha Hammanavar 11-9, 11-15, 11-6 and set up a final clash with Simran Kubal, who fought hard to beat Riya Sardesai 11-4, 11-6,
10-12, 13-11.
Results
Cadets boys category: Shantesh Mapsekar beat Ankur Kunde 11-4, 11-2, 11-4; Advait Mudras beat Akshan Lawande 11-3, 11-9, 11-8; Priyam Redkar lost to Aaron Colaco 4-11, 5-11, 9-11; Kim D'Souza lost to Aarav Aiyer 1-11, 3-11, 4-11; Sub-junior boys: Nagesh Verenkar beat Aaron Colaco 11-8, 11-7, 11-7; Aarav Aiyer beat Upendra Talavdekar 11-9, 11-5, 11-3; Aadvik Panandikar beat Nilay Kamat 12-10, 11-9, 12-10; Shantesh Mapsekar beat Jayz Gomes 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Cadet girls: Sneha Mesta beat Anushri Naik 11-8, 11-2, 11-4; Trusha Hammanavar beat Diya Sen 11-7, 11-2, 11-7, Simran Kubal beat Urvi Surlakar 11-1, 11-5, 11-1; Riya Sardesai beat Shivani Dhamapurkar 11-6, 7-11, 15-13, 13-11, 11-7; Sub-junior girls: Taniya Patil beat Janvi Naik Dalal 11-7, 11-6, 11-3; Sneha Mesta beat Aalya Arora 11-4, 11-8, 11-5; Najida Sheikh lost to Aditi Chodankar 6-11, 8-11, 5-11; Sanisha Shetye beat Simran Kubal 11-9, 11-5, 11-9.
