Top seeds Vinay Patil and Harshit Mahimkar win openers at Maharashtra Open badminton

The Bombay Gymkhana-presented Yonex-Sunrise Maharashtra Open state-level badminton tournament is under way at Bombay Gymkhana. Seeded players impressed on Thursday. In the first round of the men's singles, top seed Vinay Patil of Thane and third seed Harshit Mahimkar of Greater Mumbai won in straight games to reach the next round. Fourth seed Ved Bhoir, fifth seed Himanshu Hardev and sixth seed Krishna Majethia also began with wins.

In the men's singles, Vinay Patil beat Shaurya Mhapankar of Raigad 15-9, 15-9. Harshit Mahimkar won easily against Romit Roy of Nashik, 15-1, 15-7. Himanshu Hardev of Nagpur advanced by walkover against Sadiq Chaudhary of Thane. Krishna Majethia of Nashik beat Viraj Waghela of Thane 15-4, 15-5. Ved Bhoir of Thane defeated Krishna Jadhav of Satara 15-8, 15-7.

Most matches in the girls' under-17 singles were one-sided. The contest between Saili Kesarkar of Mumbai Suburban and Anushri Bhatt of Solapur went to three games. Saili won 17-15, 15-17, 15-9 and moved into the next round. Saumya Mangaonkar beat Pahal Tanna of Thane 15-11, 15-3. Shubhra Kulkarni of Thane beat Shanvi Shah of Greater Mumbai 15-2, 15-2. Ishanvi Kale of Pune beat Fiona Bhathena of Greater Mumbai 15-3, 15-3.

In the boys' under-17 singles, second seed Prateek Jagtap of Palghar beat Shaurya Sonkar of Thane 13-15, 15-9, 15-1. Sixth seed Anmol Sharma of Greater Mumbai thrashed Rayaan Bottlewala of Mumbai Suburban 15-0, 15-0.

In the mixed doubles, Avinash and Pranjal Andhare of Greater Mumbai beat Krishnendu Kundu and Antonella Bria of Thane-Mumbai Suburban 15-10, 15-13. In the men's doubles, Neville Katila and Tilak Kanungo of Greater Mumbai beat Manas Salian and Shawn Pinto of Mumbai Suburban 15-3, 15-4. In another match, Aryan Verma and Ethan D'Souza of Mumbai Suburban beat Akash Shah and Akshay Shah of Greater Mumbai 10-15, 15-11, 15-7.