Mehendale, Karnik ease into 3rd round
Mumbai, November 14: Top seed Tanay Mehendale and second seed Shvetank Karnik comfortably won their men’s singles second-round matches of the NSCI-hosted Yonex Sunrise-Maharashtra State Open Badminton Tournament 2024, organized by the Greater Mumbai Badminton Association (GMBA) under the auspices of Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA).
Mehendale brushed aside Shivam Chaure’s challenge, recording a 30-19 win in 21 minutes in the one-game match on the opening day at the Willingdon Sports Club courts on Thursday. On the side court, Karnik was in a dominant mood and scored an authoritative win against Aritra Sarkar, coasting to a 30-7 victory in 11 minutes to move into the third round.
Teenager Harshit Mahimkar showed great character and defeated Kanishq Gurram 30-23 in 17 minutes to advance to the third round.
In exciting and closely contested encounters, Anay Pingulkar scraped past Yash Bhongle posting a 30-28 win in 17 minutes, while Piyush Kamble prevailed over Sumit Made 30-28 scores in 23 minutes.
Men’s singles (round-1):
Tanay Mehendale bt Shivam Chaure 30-19;
Shvetank Karnik bt Aritra Sarkar 30-7;
Soham Patil bt Sarthak Kulkarni 30-25;
Abhinav Singh bt Abhishek Bhagwat 30-25;
Anay Pingulkar bt Yash Bhongle 30-28;
Devam Desai bt Anup Ratnaparkhi 30-25;
Chirayu Bhobu bt Sagar Dekate 30-27;
Om Mahajan bt Sarthak Wadekar 30-26;
Salaj Megharaj bt Aditya Sharma 30-26;
Harshit Mahimkar bt Kanishq Gurram 30-23;
Aryan Varma bt Vinit Shelar 30-27;
Daras Nadar bt Ayan Kulkarni 30-27;
Piyush Kamble bt Sumit Made 30-28;
Nikhil Chari bt Krishna Bhattad 30-26.