Sports Reporter

VETERAN Nagpur shuttlers Madhavi Kashikar Hedaoo and Anamika Narendra Durgpurohit have been selected in the Indian team that will take part in the Badminton Asia Senior Championships, to be held in Gwangju, South Korea from November 16. Madhavi will compete in the Women’s Doubles 50+ years category, partnering with Chaitrali Navare from Pune. Anamika will represent India in the Women’s Singles 50+ years category. In order to earn this qualification, Madhavi and her partner Chaitrali clinched the silver medal in Women’s Doubles 50+ at the Yonex-Sunrise GH Raisoni Memorial 48th Indian Masters (Veterans) National Badminton Championship, which was held at Goa in March. The Goa championship served as the qualifying benchmark for the Asian Championships.

Anamika, on the other hand, reached the quarter-finals in Women’s Singles 50+, meeting the prescribed qualification criteria for the international championship. Mangesh Kashikar, Senior Vice President, Maharashtra Badminton Associaton (MBA) and Secretary, Nagpur District Badminton Association, and Kundatai Vijaykar, President NDBA, congratulated both the players and wished them luck for the upcoming championship. All Executive Committee members, players, coaches of Nagpur have conveyed their greetings to both the shuttlers of the city.