Top seed Dhruv Patel of Udayachal High School (Vikroli) stormed into the quarter-finals of the Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA)-organised under-16 boys badminton tournament after defeating Piroze Katrak of St Xavier's Boys Academy (Churchgate) 21-12 at Cricket Club of India yesterday. In a match that lasted 20 minutes, unseeded Piroze gave a tough fight to Dhruv till the half-way mark. However, when the sides were changed after 11-9, Piroze found the going tough and managed to add only three more points to his overall score. Dhruv capitalised on the momentum after the break and ensured a comfortable victory.

Dhruv Patel. Pic/Akshay Jagtap