Panaji, Aug 21 (UNI) Pradosh Salim khan (Goa), Hiren Shastri (Gandhinagar), A V Lembre, M R Shevde both (Mumbai) and Subhash Pandey (Nagpur) scored easy victories over their opponents and moved into second round of the men's singles 42nd LIC Western zonal Badminton tournament, which got underway at Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) indoor complex here today.

In the ladies singles, J P Badheka (Rajkot), K K Chauvan (Nagpur), Aruna Gautam (Goa), Priya Pawar (Mumbai) and M S Hardikar (Kolhapur) moved into second round.

Following are the results (First round).

Men's event: Hiren Shastri (Gandhinagar) bt A Zumjarrao(Mumbai) 21-11, 21=6, A Kharshikar (Pune) bt R Knnegaonkar (Kolhapur) 21-12, 21-12, Pradosh Shilimkhan (Goa) bt J R Negi (Mumbai) 21-2, 21-0, M J Deve (Bhavnagar) gained walkover S L Woli(Mumbai), S M Bhagwat (Thane) bt A C Desai (Nadiad) 21-16,21-16, P S Holambe (Amravati) bt S R Datar (Pune) 21-10, 21-15, A V Lambre (Mumbai) bt P V Gadre (Satara) 21-11, 21-16, Tushar Kadam(Vaddora) bt D N Joshi (Rajkot) 21-4, 21-9, M R Shevde (Mumbai) bt M H Makwana (Surat) 21-6, 21-7, N K Gawai (Nasik) bt C M Vasu (Ahmedabad) 21-9, 21-18, Subhash Pandey (Nagpur) bt A G Karadkhedkar (Nanded) 21-6,21-3.

Ladies singles: J P Badheka (Rajkot) bt A A Kanzarkar (Amravati) 21-12, 21-8, K K Chauvan (Nagpur) bt Jeena Vaz (Mumbai) 21-16, 21-6, Aruna Gautam, (Goa) gained walkover R D Dave (Gandhinagar), R P Shetty (Thane) bt N V Kevat (Nadied) 21-14, 21-12, A A Joshi (gained walkover D D Kakne) (Nanded), S G Jhadav (Satara) bt K Kavita (Mumbai) 21-14, 21-8, M S Hardikar (Kolhapur) bt GL Patel (Bhavnagar) 21-18, 21-17, H A Shirsat (Nasik) bt Medha Mathkari (Pune) 21-12, 21-12, Priya Pawar (Mumbai) Walk over Sharad Suman (Vaddora), M K Dalal(Ahmedabad) bt N S Narvane(Mumbai) 21-10, 21-8.

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