From Bibhash Chaterjee and Rajesh D’Souza upsetting the second seeds at GD Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament to the election results of the Delhi Judo Council, here’s all that happened in the world of Indian sports on Sunday, April 6.
BADMINTON
Chaterjee, D’Souza advance with upset win
Bibhash Chaterjee and Rajesh D’Souza upset the second seeds Ayaz Bilawala and Gauram Ashram 21-10, 21-18 in the semifinals of the G D Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament, co-hosted by Bombay Gymkhana and promoted by Badminton Gurukul, on Sunday.
The duo will take on top seed Naheed Divecha and Shailesh Daga, the pair which got the better of Anand Vithalkar and Priya Ambekar 21-4, 21-17, in the final.
Bilawala, however, kept himself in contention for a title by entering the semifinals of the Men’s 110+ doubles. In tandem with Rajesh D’Souza, the top seeds beat Anil Pandey and Vipul Shah 15-8,15-11.
BRIEF SCORES
MD 110+ – Quarterfinal
Ayaz Bilawala [1]/Rajesh Dsouza beat Anil Pandey/Vipul Shah 15-8, 15-11; Anand Vithalkar/Vipool Patel beat Ketan Patel/Suraj Awatramani 15-13, 15-11; Jatin Agarwal/Naval Bir Kumar beat Rakesh Raghavan/Yogesh Kumar Arora 15-11, 15-12; Prashant Mukherjee/Vilas Kuvale beat Bibhash Chatterjee [2]/Yogesh Sanghvi 16-14, 15-10
UNI DOUBLES – Quarterfinal
Bibhash Chatterjee/Rajesh D Souza beat Anjali Parab/Narasimhan Kasthurikrishnan 15-7, 15-2; Satinder Malhotra/Vipool Patel lost to Ayaz Bilawala [2]/Gautam Ashra 13-15, 15-12, 7-15
UNI DOUBLES – Semifinal
Naheed Divecha [1]/Shailesh Daga beat Anand Vithalkar/Priya Ambekar 21-4, 21-17; Bibhash Chatterjee/Rajesh D Souza beat Ayaz Bilawala [2]/Gautam Ashra 21-10, 21-18
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – Round 3
Group A – Bombay Gymkhana A beat Mcf A 2-1
Group B – Mig Cricket Club beat Mcf B 2-1
Group C – Catholic Gymkhana beat Wcg B 3-0
Group D – Goregaon Sports Club beat Wcg A 2-1
Group E – Mca A beat Bombay Gymkhana B 2-1
Group F – Masters Sports Club Llp beat Garware Club House 3-0
Group G – Vanita Samaj A Team beat Jolly A 3-0
Group H – Cci beat All India Balkanji Bari 3-0
-Team Sportstar
JUDO
Col. Rajpal Singh elected president of Delhi Judo Council
Colonel Rajpal Singh of Swatantra Club has been elected as the president of the Delhi Judo Council and Naveen Chauhan of the Indian Academy of Judo is the secretary general.
The elections of the Delhi Judo Council were conducted in the capital on Saturday.
“We are pleased to announce that Col. Rajpal Singh of Swatantra Club has been elected as the President of the Delhi Judo Council. His extensive administrative experience and unwavering commitment to the development of sports are expected to provide dynamic and visionary leadership for the Council,” the sports body said in a statement.
Sonam has been elected as the treasurer. Akram Shah, an Arjuna awardee, will head the athletes commission.
The election was conducted by returning officer Shivnath Kumar and observer Paramjit Singh of the Delhi Olympic Association.
-PTI
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