Bombay Gym Maharashtra Jr badminton: Top seed Prisha enters quarters

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Top seed Prisha Shah entered the girls U-17 quarter-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra Junior badminton tournament beating Suhani Bansal 15-4, 15-7 at the Bombay Gym on Friday. Shah will face Rudra Gawde in the quarters. Gawde beat Yuvika Bajaj 15-12, 15-6 in the pre-quarters.

In the boys U-17 event, top seed Madhav Kamath of Pune withdrew from his second round match on learning that his mother is unwell. In the U-17 mixed doubles, Aditya Padwal and Akshara Biradar entered the semis, beating Arjun Jadhav and Tanvi Mohite 21-18, 21-12.