Saanidhya Agarwal of Gopal Garden High School (Borivli) and Vivaan Fernandes of Jasudben ML School (Khar) had to work hard before winning their respective boys' U-12 Round of 32 singles matches of the CCI-MSSA inter-school badminton tournament at the CCI badminton courts yesterday.

In a closely contested encounter, Saanidhya, 10, who had finished runner-up in the boys' U-10 singles event last year, quashed the challenge from Arjun Shah of Vibgyor High (Goregaon) by pulling off a 21-10 win to advance to the pre-quarters.