PANAJI
Arnav Saraf, Atharv Sadaye, Niharika Parwarand Dimple Revankar advanced to the semifinals of the State Ranking BadmintonTournament organised by Radiant Sports Club in association with the GoaBadminton Association and Sports Authority of Goa at the Multipurpose Stadium,Ponda.
In the boys’ U-17 singles, top seed MohammedUmar defeated Aaryan Karpe 15-5, 9-15, 15-2, while Atharv Sadaye edged fourthseed Linesh Virnodkar 16-14, 11-15, 17-15. Arnav Saraf beat fifth seed Shaan CK 15-12, 15-11, and Sparsh Kolwalkar defeated Sudhanva Udupa 15-12, 16-18,15-9.
In the girls’ U-17 singles, top seed DimpleRevankar defeated Kajal Yadav 15-5, 15-3, while Saanvi Audi beat Netra Jogdand15-1, 15-7. Amaira Dhumatker and Niharika Parwar also advanced withstraight-game victories over Ananya Kannekar and Arya Shinkre respectively.
In the boys’ U-13 singles, Michael Mare, VedhLotliker, Shourya Sinari and Pratik Naik Borkar advanced to the semifinals. Thegirls’ U-13 semifinals will feature Amaira Dhumatker, Kanika Pai Vernekar,Anvitha Poojari and Komal Kothari.
In the boys’ U-19 singles, AdvaitBalakrishnan, Soham Naik, Rutav Kanabar and Shaheen C K reached the last four.The girls’ U-19 semifinalists are third seed Dimple Revankar, Sampurna Patra,top seed Sufiya Shaikh and Shivanjali Thite.
