PUNE: Krutika Ghorpade, Gayatri Kenjale, Siddhesh Shinde and Sarvesh Houji suffered opening game defeats before making it past their opponents in the Solaris-Ravetkar Cup District Ranking Badminton Tournament being played at Mayur Colony courts on Wednesday.
In the Under-13 girls battle, Krutika Ghorpade found herself at the receiving end against Disha Zade before winning a nervy match levelling the second game and then winning 13-15, 15-14, 15-8.
RESULTS: Round 1: Girls:
Under-13: Riya Bhalerao bt Vedanti Shaha 15-10, 15-4; Krutika Ghorpade bt Disha Zade 13-15, 15-14, 15-8; Udita Bichadu bt Shravya Shivade 15-6, 15-3; Shreya Mehta bt Tanishka Laddha 15-3, 15-6; Ananya Deshpande bt Siya Raskar 15-6, 15-7; Aarushi Pande bt Nirvee Parmar 15-6, 15-14; Swara Dhole bt Maitreyi Pawar 15-10, 15-10; Radha Phatak bt Adwika Joshi 15-10, 15-10.
Under-15: Aanchal Jain bt Himali Parab 15-8, 15-5; Saanvi Rane bt Nidhi Bhagwat 15-5, 15-4; Sayuri Sakhalkar bt Nikita Kunte 15-11, 15-14; Bhoomi Vaishampayan bt Danika Palsule 15-11, 13-15, 15-10; Falguni Nikumbha bt Madhura Phadnis 15-6, 15-4; Gayatri Kenjale bt Rucha Gunaji 12-15, 15-14, 15-7; Sayee Palshikar bt Ananya K 8-15, 15-1, 15-9; Shreya Shelar bt Sanskruti Gavhane 15-6, 15-6; Shreya Mehta bt Nitya Kadle 15-13, 9-15, 15-12.
