Madhavi Kashikar, partnering with Chaitrali Navare (Pune), showcased exceptional consistency and fighting spirit to secure the runner-up position in the women’s doubles 50 category.
Her match journey:
In the round of 32, she defeated Poonam Chauhan & Sreedevi Menon (Goa) 21-6, 21-5. Then in the pre-quarterfinal she got Walkover against 5th seeds Anu Gera (UP) & Mansi Goel (Delhi)
In the quarterfinal, Madhavi and her partner defeated third seed duo Jayshree Raghu (Karnataka) & Lavita Singh (Chandigarh) 21-18, 21-12. In the semifinal, they overcame top seed Banu S and Shalini Shetty (Karnataka) 4-21, 21-14, 21-19.
However in the final, they lost to second seeds Sarita Jethani (Maharashtra) & Urvashi Thapa
Several players from Nagpur participated and performed commendably across categories, including:
Anamika Durgpurohit, Anjali Kale, Anant Apte, Homiyar Dumasia, Pinaki Mukherjee, Devashish Barick, Manisha Bhawatkar, Manjiri Dhok, Jayendra Dhole, Piyush Makhe, and Anand Dharmadhikari.
The success of Nagpur players is strongly supported by the continuous efforts and encouragement of badminton administrators and officials:
Arun Lakhani (President, MBA), Kundatai Vijaykar (President, NDBA), Mangesh Kashikar (Sr. Vice President, MBA & Hon. Secretary, NDBA), Anand Sancheti, Amit Bajaj, Shriram Purohit (Vice Presidents, NDBA), Bhavana Agrey (Jt. Secretary, NDBA), Anant Apte (Secretary – Tournaments & Events), Gurdeep Singh Arora, Neha Gosavi, Nikhil Rokde, Ashwin Harkare (EC Members), Bhavesh Deshmukh, and Sneha Faizpurkar (Co-opt Members) have congratulated the shuttlers.