Tata Open India International Challenge 2014

Tata Open India International Challenge 2014 witnesses

an enthralling first day of qualifying rounds

Mumbai, December 10, 2014: Kaushal Dharmamer and Kabir Kanzarkar registered victories to move to the main draw of the Men’s Singles at the Tata Open India International Challenge 2014(Tata Open)badminton tournament on the day of qualifying rounds held at the Cricket Club of India.The other qualifiers for the main draw scheduled for tomorrow are Pratul Joshi, Utkarsh Arora, Amey Joshi, Kaushal Dharmamer, Kabir Kanzarkar, Sachin Rawat and Siddharath Thakur.

The first day of the tournament witnessed fierce competition amongst the players with all eyes on upcoming star Kaushal and Nigel D’Sa, son of former champion Leroy D’Sa.  While Kaushalregistered an easy win over Ameya Oak(21-10, 21-13) in a game that lasted less than thirty minutes, Nigel lost toKabirin a grueling three set match which lasted for an hour.Kaushal will now face Sameer Verma, and Kabirwill battle it out with Gaurav Venkat in the main draw, tomorrow.

Also,joining them in the main drawwill beSachinRawat who bounced back after losing in the first set (19-21), by winning the second and third sets (21-15, 21-19), against the second seed in the qualifying rounds, Ashish Sharma.

In Men’s Doubles,the top-seeded duo of the qualifying rounds,K Nandagopal and Arjun Kumar Reddy Malgari defeatedAbhidnyaSawantand Prasad Shetty in two straight games in Round 2 (21-18, 21-19). In another match of the day, Bikash Shrestha and RatnajitTamang from Nepal lost to KabirKanzarkar and Akshay Raut(21-14, 21-18).  

In the Mixed Doubles,Shlok Ramachandran and J Meghana registered an easy win over Dinesh Chaudhry and Ritu Vinayak in two straight games (21-5, 21-6), while ChiragShetty and KuhooGarg had to sweat it out to beat Jagadish Yadav and VarshaV Belawadi(20-22, 21-12, 21-15).

Below is the summary of the matches on Day 1 of the Tata Open India International Challenge2014:

Men’s Singles

Round 1

         Pratul Joshi IND, def.Saurav Kapoor IND, 22-20, 21-18

         UtkarshArora IND, def. RishabhSahdev IND, 20-22, 21 -12 Ret.

         Amey Joshi IND, def.ShrishailMitkari IND, 21-10, 21-16

         KaushalDharmamerIND, def.Ameya Oak IND, 21-10, 21-13

         KabirKanzarkarIND, def. Nigel D’Sa IND, 25-23, 13-21, 21-18

         SachinRawatIND, def. Ashish Sharma IND, 19-21, 21-15, 21-19

         Siddharath Thakur IND, def. Abhimanyu Singh IND, w.o.

Men’s Doubles

Round 1

       NeerajVashist + Gaurav VenkatIND, def.Amey Joshi + Nikhil Kolhatkar IND, 21-14, 21-15

         Bikash Shrestha + RatnajitTamang NEP, def. Adarsh Kumar + Vineeth Manuel, w.o

Round 2

         K Nandagopal + Arjun Kumar Reddy Malgari IND, def.AbhidnyaSawant + Prasad Shetty IND, 21-18, 21-19

         VighneshDevlekar + Eshan Naqvi IND, def.NeerajVashist + Gaurav Venkat IND, 23-21, 21-15

        KabirKanzarkar + Akshay Raut IND, def.Bikash Shrestha + RatnajitTamang NEP, 21-14, 21-18

        ShlokRamchandran + Sanyam Shukla IND, def.Pavan Malik + Aditya Nair IND, 21-9, 21-11

Mixed Doubles

Round 1

·         ShlokRamchandran + J Meghana IND, def. Dinesh Chaudhry + Ritu Vinayak IND, 21-5, 21-6

         Chirag Shetty + KuhooGarg IND, def.Jagadish Yadav + Varsha V.Belawadi IND, 20-22, 21-12, 21-1

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About Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy:

PrakashPadukone Badminton Academy was launched on October 1st, 1994. Located in Bangalore, the Academy is the brainchild of Mr. PrakashPadukone, Mr. Vimal Kumar and Mr. Vivek Kumar all stalwarts of Indian Badminton. Having won many International Badminton laurels for India, they knew well what was required to hone the future Indian Badminton Stars. They have created an Indian Badminton Academy, which imparts World-class Badminton coaching to trainees who are selected solely on merit and to whom training and facilities are provided on a scholarship basis. At present the two centres at Bangalore and Mumbaiare christened as TataPadukone Badminton Centre.  For further information on the tournament, please log on to www.ppba.in.

About the Cricket Club of India:

The Cricket Club of India, since its inception in 1937, has been recognized as the 'Gateway' of Indian Sports. The club’s indoor badminton facility named after the legendary Sir NowrojiSaklatwala consists of four state of the art courts with temperature and humidity control. The double rafter wooden flooring and the high flux lighting puts these courts amongst the best tournament venues in the country. Though this is the fifth year that the Tata Open is being held at the CCI, international badminton is not new to this vintage club. From as early as 1949 the courts have hosted several eras of badminton greats, from Wong Peng Soon (the first to exhibit a perfect back hand stroke), to several All England champions such as Eddie Choong, Erland Kops, Rudy Hartono (8 time champion),  Morten Frost and Prakash Padukone.It is indeed in the fitness of things that these hallowed courts where a galaxy of superstars have left their indelible footmarks continue to welcome and nurture a new breed of established and aspiring international as well as local stars to the Tata Open Challenger championships, 2014.