Arjun, Manas Soham struggle on Day 1

Pune: Arjun Khanvilkar, Manas Bhave and Soham Khurpade rallied from behind to advance into the next round in the Solaris-Ravetkar Cup District Ranking Badminton Tournament at the Mayur Colony courts here on Monday.

Results: (Under-11)
Round-1: Neel Joshi bt Tanmay Kulkarni 15-11, 15-5; Arjun Khanvilkar bt Arnav Kshirsagar 13-15, 15-13, 15-12; Akshay Ghaisas bt Advait Abthyankar 15-12, 9-15, 15-4; Manas Bhave bt Aarish Kavathekar 14-15, 15-7, 15-6; Konark Inchekar bt Harsh Kshirsagar 15-7, 15-2; Nilay Kale bt Shivraj Mohol 15-3, 15-7; Aditya Parvate bt Trushank Dandekar 15-6, 15-2; Aaryan Btagal bt Ruchir Mande 15-10, 15-12.