Sarthak Parikh of St Xavier's, Fort waged a gritty comeback to enter the third round of the senior boys singles championship in here today. After losing the first game 12-15, Sarthak grabbed the second 15-11 to set up the decider. His opponent Ninad did not throw in the towel, either. The duo took the match to the wire, and sadly for Ninad, Sarthak had to win 17-16.

In another marathon duel, Radhika Shah of Villa Theresa Convent prevailed over Samta Shah of JB Petit 13-12 5-11 11-4 to enter the 3rd round in the sub-junior girls event.

Results

Senior boys singles (2nd round): Mayur Shingre (Balmohan) bt Deepak Agarwal (Joseph, Wadala) 15-0 15-2; Akshay Deshmukh (Rajhans) bt Kunal Vadodaria (John's, Goregaon) 15-0 15-1;Navneet Kumar (Cathedral) bt Rashmikant Patel (Hill Grange) 15-0 15-0; Sahil Laroya (Gyan Kendra) bt Justifer Vaz (Joseph, Colaba) 15-0 15-1; Sharukh Naik (Mary ISC) bt Swapnil Rao (Swami Vivekanand) 15-8 15-9; Siddhant Pillai (Xavier's, Andheri) bt Kyle Pereira (Stanislaus) 15-0 15-3; Kailas Dalvi (IES) bt Sanket Bhat (OLPS) 15-9 15-3; Sarthak Parikh (Xavier's, Fort) bt Ninad Venkatesh (Parle Tilak) 12-15 15-11 17-16; Aditya Bhide (Balmohan) bt A Sandeep (Atomic Energy) 15-9 17-14; Varun Motasha (Jamnabai) bt Siddharth Kothari (Bombay International) 15-6 15-7; Ashwin Bhatt (MVM) bt Ashish Mulwani (Gyan Kendra) 15-6 15-8; Rahul Bhatnagar w/o Sherman Parikh (Campion); Gautam Varma (Swami Vivekanand) bt Anthony Fabin (Xavier's, Andheri) 15-11 15-4; Sonu Sarupria (John, Goregaon) bt Rahul Jain (Bombay Cambridge) 15-9 15-13; 2-Swapnil Vyavaharkar (IES) bt Suchit Gohil (Xavier's, Fort) 15-0 15-0

Junior girls singles (2nd round): 1-Shivani Mayekar (IES) bt Priya Shah (Joseph's, Colaba) 11-0 11-0; AmarjeetKaur (Swami Vivekanand) bt Nabha Tawade (Bombay Cambridge) 13-10 11-6; Pooja Brar (Cathedral) bt Ritu Bagri (Gopi Birla) 11-0 11-0; Sneha Mahale (Canossa, Mahim) bt Shreya Mehta (GD Somani) 11-9 11-3; 4-Druti Deshpande (Parle Tilak) bt Karina Menon (JB Petit) 11-1 11-7; Manasi Karkare (Convent Girls) bt Manasi Seth (Anne's, Fort) 11-1 11-0; Rachna Bajaj (Bai Avabai) bt Sanjana Govindan (Anthony's, Chembur) 11-8 11-6; Neena Koli (Atomic Energy) bt Lorena Sequeira (Joseph's, Bandra) 11-8 13-10; Reema Jhaveri (Cathedral) bt Ranjana Nair (IES) 11-2 11-4; Kavita Kapadane (Jamnabai) bt Tanvi Dixit (JB Petit) 11-4 11-1; Apeksha Gupta (GD Somani) bt Aditi Parekh (Convent of Jesus & Mary) 11-1 11-7; Tanya Nadkarni (Canossa, Mahim) bt Nisha Kunder (John's, Goregaon) 11-0 11-0; Mehernaz Buzorg (Joseph's, Colaba) bt Palak Sood (Rajhans) 11-1 11-0; Manasi Varma (Bombay Cambridge) w/o Rashmi Thakur (Francis, Bhayander); Pooja Bajaj (Bai Avabai) bt Samina Parpia (Gyan Kendra) 11-1 11-3; 2-Amrita Sawant (MES) w/o ShwetaRaina (Bombay International)

Sub-junior girls singles (2nd round): 1-Riddhi Panjwani (AVM, Santacruz) bt Jinal Desai (Sardar Patel) 11-0 11-0; Shaan Khanna (Cathedral) bt Shreya Poddar (Bombay Cambridge) 11-2 11-1; Kiwita Mehta (JB Petit) bt Rathi Gardi (Gopi Birla) 11-2 11-0; Sandhya Pillai (SIWS) bt Meghna Shah (Convent Girls) 2-11 11-7 11-4; Aanchal Vaswani (GD Somani) bt Kairavi Mehta (PG Garodia) 11-3 11-0; Anurisha Kothari (JB Vachha) bt Priyanka Tawde (IES) 11-3 11-3; Saumya Padhye (Rajhans) bt Aditi Vedantam (Anthony's, Chembur) 11-1 11-9; Aishwarya Nair (Leelavati Poddar) bt Shikha Kanoria (JB Petit) 11-3 11-6; Jannike D'Sa (Joseph's, Bandra) bt Keisha Shah (Sardar Patel) 11-1 11-2; Maithili Parekh (JB Petit) bt Anuksha Sawhney (Cathedral) 11-1 11-4; Neha Rane (PG Garodia) bt Anisha Chedha (IES) 11-0 11-0; Radhika Shah (Villa Theresa) bt Samta Shah (JB Petit) 13-12 5-11 11-4; Vijayata Gulgule (Canossa, Mahim) bt Pooja Bramania (Gopi Birla) 11-0 11-0; Latika Tejwani (PG Garodia) bt NaomitaMalik (Bombay Cambridge) 11-0 11-0; 2-Maitreyi Nigwekar (Convent Girls) bt Tanvi Ajmera (Cathedral) 11-0 11-0