Gargi stars for Chembur Gym
Gargi Devgekar did the star turn for Chembur Gymkhana, winning both her matches in their 3-0 demolition of Bombay Gymkhana in the Ullal Cup for women at the Motiram, Ullal and Kanji Cup Inter-Club Badminton Championships, organised by GMBA, and hosted by Willingdon Sports Club, here, on Friday.
It was a poor start for Bombay Gym, who then went on to lose their second match by a similar margin to Khar Gymkhana.
Gargi defeated Avni Arlekar 15-7, 15-3 to make the issue safe for Chembur Gymkhana after their doubles pair of Tanvi Gharpure and Tisha Darveshi had given the team a winning start. However, Gargi got on to the court again, partnering Vedikar Kulkarni to defeat Avni Arlekar and Rajvi Sampat 15-6, 15-12 to complete the rout.
Khar Gymkhana also made a strong start to their Ullal Cup campaign, defeating Chembur Gym 2-1 to keep a clean slate.
NSCI’s woes continued in the Motiram Cup for men, losing both their matches 1-2, and 0-3 to CCI C and Chembur Gymkhana, respectively.
Brief Score
ULLAL CUP MATCHES
The Chembur Gymkhana – W beat BOMBAY GYMKHANA – W 3-0
Tanvi Gharpure/Trisha Darveshi bt Aparna Popat/Naheed Divecha 15-9,15-14; Gargi Degvekar bt Avni Arlekar 15-7,15-3; Gargi Degvekar/Vedika Kulkarni bt Avni Arlekar/Rajvi Sampat 15-6,15-12
Khar Gymkhana beat The Chembur Gymkhana – W 2-1
Kairavi Thakore/Manya Avlani bt Tanvi Gharpure/Trisha Darveshi 15-14, 15-12; Manya Avlani beat Gargi Degvekar 15-5, 15-10; Sarita Jethwani/Tanvi Teckchandani lost to Gargi Degvekar/Vedika Kulkarni 10-15, 4-15
Khar Gymkhana beat Bombay Gymkhana – W 3-0
Kairavi Thakore/Manya Avlani bt Aparna Popat/Naheed Divecha 15-14,15-12; Manya Avlani bt Avni Arlekar 15-5 15-12; Sarita Jethwani/Tanvi Teckchandani bt Avni Arlekar/Rajvi Sampat 15-8 15-11
MOTIRAM CUP MATCHES
The Chembur Gymkhana – M beat GCH – Mens Team 3-0
Amey Joshi/Suyog Lokhande bt Ishan Thaker/Parthh Chandak 15-10, 15-10; Parthive Nair bt Vishal Jhaveri 15-8,15-6; Aman Farogh Sanjay/Siddharth Gupta (C) bt Dhruv Jhaveri/Dicky Modi 15-3 15-5
CCI C beat NSCI C 2-1
Nihal Peerbhoy/Rishi Agarwal lost Aditya Somani/Harsh Shah 10-15, 5-15; Rustom Warden bt Aditya Somani 15-5,15-5; Ketan Patel/Ritish Desai bt Aryan Ahuja/Tejas Shah 15-8,11-15,15-10
The Chembur Gymkhana – M beat NSCI C 3-0
Aman Farogh Sanjay/Siddharth Gupta (C) bt Tejas Pikale/Tejas Shah 15-7,15-6; Suyog Lokhande bt Tejas Pikale 15-7, 15-8; Amey Joshi/Parthive Nair bt Aditya Somani/Harsh Shah 15-8, 15-10