Goa’s Dr Satish Kudchadkar along with his partner Murali M.D (Karnataka) put up a creditable performance in Men’s Doubles 75+ age group to secure a bronze medal, at the Yonex-Sunrise 45th Indian Masters ( Veteran) National Badminton Championships -2022-23 at Goa.
Kudchadkar and his partner Murali M.D. lost 21-15 21-19 to Vidya Bhushan Arora, UTR, and Mohan Murari Lal Srivastava in the semi-finals.
Kudchadkar will be in line for two more medals. In Men’s Singles 75+, Kudchadkar registered an impressive 21-16 21-7 win over Ratanlal Maroo (3), RAJ, while in 75+ Mixed doubles category, Kudchadkar / Gowramma Veeralinga, KTK, defeated Bhupal Singh Chawat and Maya Chawat, RAJ, 21-11 21-7 to move into the finals.
Goa was assured another medal courtesy a fine display from Manju Khandeparker and her partner Sunitha Swaminathan, TN, who defeated Swati Rege, CG, and Sukesha Saggi, UP, 21-11 21-10 in Women’s Doubles 55+ quarters.
Among other notable results, Marina Albuquerque, Goa, and Poorva Ranade (3), KTK, def. Suma James and Prem Nahar, RAJ, 21-2 21-4 to move into the Women’s 55+ Doubles Quarters. Marina however lost out in the Mixed doubles 55+ event, when she and her partner Shailendra Bagre, MP went down to Rajeev Sharma, CAG, and Rajshree Nitin Bhave, MAH, by 21-16 19-21 21-5.
Meanwhile, Goa’s Ajay Gupta and Narahar Thakur went down fighting to Umesh Agarwal, RAJ, and Romesh Kumar Sharma, J&K in Men’s Doubles 60+ pre-quarters 21-17 21-13.
Vamanan K. and Peter Tellis, Goa lost 21-13 21-13 to Bimol Singh CH. and Kumar Singh L., MNP in Men’s Doubles 65+ quarter-finals while Pradeep Dhond and Juliana Colaco, GOA, lost 21-15 21-13 to Naidu S. K. B. and Kanya Kumari Salekoppa Bhatta, KTK, in Mixed Doubles 65+ quarters.
