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Time of India
23-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Krisha to lead Nagpur challenge in state U-19 badminton
Nagpur: Krisha Soni of Nagpur will lead the challenge of city shuttlers in the season-opening Maharashtra State U-19 selection badminton tournament, which begins at the Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy, Besa, from Wednesday. The four-day tournament, organised by the Nagpur District Badminton Association (NDBA) under the aegis of the Maharashtra Badminton Association, will be conducted in memory of NK Garg. Maharashtra U-19 teams will be selected for the forthcoming West Zone championship. Briefing the media on Monday, Mangesh Kashikar, NDBA secretary, said, "As compared to the 180 entries in Nanded last year, the season-opening tournament in Nagpur has received an overwhelming response of over 250 participants. Prizes of Rs 2.8 lakh will be distributed." As many as five events, including the boys' and girls' singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events, will be conducted. India's ninth-ranked shuttler, Aditya Tripathi of Pune, and Nagpur's Krisha Soni have been named as the top seeds in the boys' and girls' singles events, respectively. Both Aditya and Krisha will pair up as the second seeds in the mixed doubles tournament, where the Thane duo of Sanidhya Ekade and Aditi Gawade are the top seeds. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Nhà container vận chuyển 2025 (Xem ngay) Shipping Container Homes Tìm hiểu thêm Undo Last year in Nanded, Krisha entered the semifinals of the mixed doubles event. MLC Sandip Joshi will inaugurate the tournament on Wednesday. On the occasion, Arun Lakhani, the treasurer of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) and MBA president, Prashant Garg, the CMD of Diffusion Engineers Ltd, Shirish Boralkar, Siddharth Patil, and Mangesh Kashikar will share the dais.


Time of India
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
New Nagpur-Delhi Express of Ritika-Nitin Reaches Final Destination
Nagpur: City's doubles specialist , pairing up with Delhi's , secured their final berth in the at the Jwala Gutta Academy, Hyderabad, on new announced their arrival as a new mixed doubles pair when the duo of Ritika and Nitin surprised the third-seeded Maharashtra pair in the quarterfinal before they ended the giant-killing run of qualifiers Dhileepan V and Pranavi N in straight games, 21-19, 21-18, in the an exciting quarterfinal, Ritika defeated her former mixed doubles partner Deep Rambhiya, who had paired up with Sonali Mirkhelkar as the third seeds. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Despite losing the first game 15-21, Ritika and Nitin remained positive and, with a new strategy, brought parity by winning the second game 21-19. The thrilling decider saw Ritika and Nitin keeping their cool in the dying stages to clinch the game 22-20 and enter the semifinal. The clash lasted for 65 in the opening round, Ritika and Nitin prevailed over Rishi V and Dharuniga S in straight games, 21-7, 21-12. In the round of 16, the Nagpur-Delhi duo registered a hard-fought 21-10, 20-22, 21-13 win over long-time partners Ayush Makhija and Diksha the final, the first-time pair of Ritika and Nitin will face the top-seeded duo of Sathwik Reddy and Radhika Sharma, who reached the title clash without losing a single who now trains under Arun Vishnu at the Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy, said, "I am happy with my performance so far. Since this is the first tournament I am playing with Nitin Kumar, I wish to thank my trainers and on-court coach Utkarsh Arora for all the support. We will give our best in the final."