GD Birla Badminton Tournament: George Verghese, Ranjeet Kothari enter doubles quarter-finals

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George Verghese and Ranjeet Kothari of Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board got the better of Rajendra Naik and Suraj Aawatramani of CCI 30-26 to enter the quarter-finals of the Men's Combination 110+ category of the 29th Badminton 45 GD Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana.

Also advancing to Round of 8 were top seeds Bibhash Chatterjee and Rajesh Chatterjee of Catholic Gym and second seeds Ayaz Bilawala and Gauram Ashra of Bombay Gym. While the top seeds got a walkover, Bilawala and Ashra defeated Vanita Samaj's Ajit Bhide and Shankar Revankar 30-20.

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