Nagpur: The penultimate day of the Maharashtra State U-19 selection badminton tournament brought mixed luck for girls’ singles top seed and promising Nagpur shuttler Krisha Soni.A day after the 18-year-old became the lone Nagpur shuttler to enter all three quarterfinals, Krisha suffered a heartbreak with a 21-17, 9-21, 15-21 defeat in her singles outing against Raigad’s Prakriti Sharma at the Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy, Besa, on Friday.Despite suffering an exit in the girls’ singles event, Krisha remained positive and won both the girls’ and mixed doubles quarterfinal and semifinal matches respectively with city’s Nishika Gokhe and Pune’s Aditya Tripathi in contrasting fashion to become the only Nagpur player to enter two finals. While Krisha experienced fluctuating fortunes, unseeded Nagpur shuttlers Ridheema Sarpate and Rutva Sajwan registered facile victories to enter the girls’ and boys’ singles final.In the girls’ singles semifinal, Ridheema prevailed over Pune’s Safa Shaikh 21-9 and 3-1 after the latter retired in the second game. Ridheema will face Pune’s Yutika Chavan, who defeated Prakriti 22-20, 21-13. In an all-Nagpur boys’ singles semifinal, Rutva defeated Pranay Gadewar 21-8, 21-18 to meet Palghar’s Dev Ruparelia, who stunned top seed Aditya Tripathi 21-17, 21-18.Earlier in the girls’ doubles quarterfinal, the Nagpur duo of Krisha and Nishika registered a hard-fought 21-18, 19-21, 21-19 victory over the Pune pair of Jidnyasa Chaudhari and Riddhima Sahrawat. In the semifinal, Krisha and Nishika drubbed the Nashik-Pune duo of Shravni Patil and Yashasvee Kale 21-8, 21-18 to set up the summit clash with Shravani Walekar and Taarini Suri from Nashik and Greater Mumbai. In mixed doubles, the Nagpur-Pune duo of Krisha and Aditya won both their quarterfinal and semifinal outings in straight games.RESULTSBoys Singles (QF): 1-Aditya Tripathi (PN) bt Ojas Joshi (PN) 21-4, 21-6; Dev Ruparelia (PAL) bt Arjun Reddy Aluguvelli (BAMU) 21-17, 21-10; Rutva Sajwan (NGP) bt Aryan Talwar (BAMU) 21-18, 21-14; Pranay Gadewar (NGP) bt Tanay Mehendale (PAL) 21-19, 11-3 Ret.Semifinals: Dev Ruparelia (PAL) bt 1-Aditya Tripathi (PN) 21-17, 21-18; Rutva Sajwan (NGP) bt Pranay Gadewar (NGP) 21-8, 21-18.Girls Singles (QF): Prakriti Sharma (Raigad) bt 1-Krisha Soni (NGP) 17-21, 21-9, 21-15; Yutika Chavan (PN) bt Ketaki Thite (BAMU) 15-21, 21-16, 23-21; Ridheema Sarpate (NGP) bt Isha Patil (TH) 21-13, 21-16; Safa Shaikh (PN) bt Shravni Patil (NSK) 19-21, 21-16, 21-16.Semifinals: Yutika Chavan (PN) bt Prakriti Sharma (BOR) 22-20, 21-13; Ridheema Sarpate (NGP) bt Safa Shaikh (PN) 21-9, 3-1 Ret.Boys Doubles (QF): Arjun Birajdar-Aryan Birajdar (TH) bt Malhar Ghadi-Nidhish More (PAL) 14-21, 21-19, 21-16; Arjun Reddy Aluguvelli (BAMU)-Yash Dhembare (TH) bt Jeeva Pillai-Priyanshu Dubey (NGP) 21-13, 19-21, 21-9; Om Gavandi-Sanidhya Ekade (TH) bt Om Nirhale-Shantanu Tarde (WASH) 21-10, 21-18; Avadhut Kadam-Ojas Joshi (PN) bt Aditya Poojary-Prasanna Manna (SNG) 28-26, 21-12.Semifinals: Arjun Birajdar-Aryan Birajdar (TH) bt Arjun Reddy Aluguvelli (BAMU)-Yash Dhembare (TH) 21-18, 21-9; Om Gavandi-Sanidhya Ekade (TH) bt Avadhut Kadam-Ojas Joshi (PN) 21-19, 17-21, 21-16.Girls Doubles (QF): Shravani Walekar (NSK)-Taarini Suri (GM) bt Juie Jadhav-Safa Shaikh (PN) 21-17, 21-14; Aditi Gawade (TH)-Yutika Chavan (PN) bt Hita Agrawal-Sia Waydande (NSK) 14-21, 21-17, 21-9; Shravni Patil (NSK)-Yashasvee Kale (PN) bt Pranali Wadar (SNG)-Shreya Rathod (AHM) 15-21, 21-10, 21-16; Krisha Soni-Nishika Gokhe (NGP) bt Jidnyasa Chaudhari and Riddhima Sahrawat (PN) 21-18, 19-21, 21-19.Semifinals: Shravani Walekar (NSK)-Taarini Suri (GM) bt Aditi Gawade (TH)-Yutika Chavan (PN) 21-12, 21-15; Krisha Soni-Nishika Gokhe (NGP) bt Shravni Patil (NSK)-Yashasvee Kale (PN) 21-8, 21-18.Mixed Doubles (QF): Sanidhya Ekade-Aditi Gawade (TH) bt Raghav Anasane-Vridhi Bang (WAR) 21-3, 21-15; Sarvesh Yadav (TH)-Shravani Walekar (NSK) bt Krishna Jasuja-Juie Jadhav (PN) 17-21, 21-17, 21-11; Yashraj Kadam-Ananya Agrawal (PN) bt Shrishail Bhaganagare-Shreya Rathod (AHM) 21-16, 21-19; Aditya Tripathi (PN)-Krisha Soni (NGP) bt Shriyans Phansalkar (SAT)-Vibha Patil (KOL) 21-14, 21-5.Semifinals: Sarvesh Yadav (TH)-Shravani Walekar (NSK) bt Sanidhya Ekade-Aditi Gawade (TH) 21-13, 21-14; Aditya Tripathi (PN)-Krisha Soni (NGP) bt Yashraj Kadam-Ananya Agrawal (PN) 21-14, 21-17.
