G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badmiton

POSTED BY : MRUNALI SAKPAL DT. 18/04/2026 📞  8850212023

MUMBAI : The tournament witnessed exciting action across categories as top contenders advanced into the final. In the Professional Singles (SF), top seed Manoj Nachanekar staged a strong comeback to defeat Akshay Kanchawade in a three-game battle, while Bhuvad also bounced back after losing the first game to overcome Rajan Mohan Samant.

In the Professional Doubles (SF), the top-seeded pair of Manoj Nachanekar and Rahul Bhuvad delivered a solid straight-game win, while the second seeds Kalpesh Padekar and Sanjay Golbare secured their place in the final with a convincing victory.

The quarter-final rounds across MD 85+, UNI Doubles, and MD 45 categories saw closely contested matches, with several games going down to the wire, highlighting strong competition and depth in the tournament.

Professional Singles (SF)

Manoj Nachanekar [1] bt Akshay Kanchawade [4] – 18-21, 21-11, 21-15; Bhuvad bt Rajan Mohan Samant – 19-21, 21-11, 21-13.

Professional Doubles (SF)

Manoj Nachanekar / Rahul Bhuvad [1] bt Chetan Bandarkar / Rajan Samant [4] – 21-13, 21-17; Kalpesh Padekar / Sanjay Golbare [2] bt Pranit Bane / Premal Mankar [3] – 21-18, 21-15.

MD 85+ (QF)

Deepak Jaitly / Mangirish Palekar [1] bt Abhishek Sharma / Hemant Duggal – 15-12, 15-10; Nigel D’Sa / Rohan Radhakrishnan [2] bt Jaswinder Singh / Kousambi Roy – 6-15, 15-14, 15-13; Sidharth Gupta / Sushant Shetty bt Hitesh Dua / Vivyek Kanchan – 15-14, 15-9; Kartik Shah / Maulik Jasapara bt Manvendra Kane / Somnath Sonawane – 15-13, 14-15, 15-8.

UNI Doubles (QF)

Naheed Divecha / Shailesh Daga [1] bt Ajay Hinduja / Ashok Sharma – 15-12, 15-6; Bibhash Chatterjee / Rajesh D Souza [2] bt George Manangadil / Sameer Patankar – 15-6, 15-6; Abhay Naik / Anoop Shukla bt Murli Subramaniam / Vipool Patel – 9-15, 15-9, 15-14; Aparna Popat / Naval Bir Kumar bt Himanshu Vaidya / Pradeep Behrani – 15-11, 15-12.

MD 45 (QF)

Mangirish Palekar / Vikrant bt Rajsinh Bhor / Jayadev B – 15-7, 15-9; George Koshy / Vivyek Kanchan bt Sandeep Mohan / Sujit Kamble – 12-15, 15-12, 15-13; Kartik Shah / Maulik J bt Hemant Duggal / Rohan Radhakrishnan – 15-13, 15-13; Sushant Shetty / Vishal Manchanda bt Faisal / Rajan Samant [2] – 15-8, 15-9.