POSTED BY : MRUNALI SAKPAL DT. 12/04/2026 📞 8850212023
MUMBAI : RMI.COM(M)
Some close encounters were witnessed in the Professional singles and doubles categories of the 32nd G.D. Birla Memorial Open Veteran Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, promoted by Badminton Gurukul, even as the top seeded players had it easy at the host club, Bombay Gymkhana, here, on Saturday.
The clash between Shailesh Joshi and Vivek Yadav turned out to be a thriller, with Joshi narrowly edging past his opponent 30-28. In the doubles category, the duo of Dattaram Radaye and Roshan Devlekar held their nerve in a closely contested match to defeat Chandrkumar Yadav and Sandesh More 30-27. Meanwhile, top seed Manoj Nachanekar, 2nd seed Chetan Bandarkar and 3rd seed Premal M Mankar advanced with easy wins.
In the men’s doubles 110+ category, Parthasarathi Patnaik and Rajiv Parekh won a close 30-28 over Ashish Kapila and Dr. Biml Parikj, while the pairs of Denzil Pereira/Rajesh Meshram and Ashish Hilekar/Milind Gharat advanced convincingly.
Professional Singles R32:
Manoj Nachanekar (1) bt Mangesh K Jadhav 30-19; Chetan Bandarkar (2) bt Sumit Mohite 30-4; Premal M Mankar (3) bt Rajesh Jadhav 30-8; Sanjay Golbare bt Uday Jadhav 30-21; Pranit Suryakant Bane bt Chandrkumar Yadav 30-21; Roshan Devlekar bt Ganesh More 30-14; Shailesh Joshi bt Vivek Yadav 30-28; Shubham More bt Jayesh Devlekar 30-23; Santosh Pawar bt Susat Jadhav 30-12; Sujit Jadhav bt Dattaram Radaye 30-18; Rahul Bhuvad bt Mayur Develekar 30-14; Ananda Maskar bt Rakesh Kanchavade 30-14; Lalit Bane bt Vignesh 30-15; Rajan Mohan Samant bt Bharat Ganke 30-17; Aatish Ravindra Annapurne bt Dinesh Golbare 30-14.
Professional Doubles R32:
Dattaram Radaye/Roshan Devlekar bt Chandrkumar Yadav/Sandesh More 30-27; Bharat Ganke/Shailesh Joshi bt Sahil Mali/Sujit Jadhav 30-28; Jayesh Devlekar/Lalit Bane bt Amar Salvi/Vivek Yadav 30-17.
MD 110+ R32:
Parthasarathi Patnaik/Rajiv Parekh bt Ashish Kapila/Dr Bimal Parikh 30-28; Ashish Hilekar/Milind Gharat bt Ketan Patel/Venkatesh R 30-18; Denzil Pereira/Rajesh Meshram bt Amrish Ved/Sanjay Shukla 30-22; Anil Kumar A Pandey/Anish Shah bt Milind Punpatre/Pankaj Singh 30-21.
