Women's second seed Trupti Murgunde of Petroleum Sports Control Board was knocked out by unseeded Sayali Gokhale of Air India in a major upset in the Pramod Mahajan All India Ranking badminton tournament at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here  on Friday.

Meanwhile, Trupti's te-am-mate and top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the semifinals beating Railways' Anita Ohlan 21-8, 21-11.

In the men's quarterfinals, top seed Anup Sridhar at last found his rhythm and comfortably defeated K. Tanishak of Andhra Pradesh 21-17, 21-7.

However, third seed Anand Pawar of Air-India was beaten by fifth seed Arvind Bhatt of Petroleum Sports Control Board 14-21, 19-21.

In the semi-finals Sridhar will be up against team-mate  Arvind Bhatt.

Ajay Jayaram, who on the other day accounted for  fourth seed Chetan Anand, lost to JBS Vidyadhar of Andhra Pradesh in a thrilling  encounter, 11-21, 21-18, 21-19.

Vidyadhar will now play state-mate and second seed P. Kashyap in the last four stage.
Promising Kashyap got the better of Railways’ Sachin Ratti 21-17, 21-11. 

 Trupti, who has been unwell ever since her has arrived in the capital, lost 11-21, 21-16, 21-16 against an energetic Sayali, will face unseeded Dhanya Nair of Railways in the semifinals.

"I have not been well as I am suffering from fever and acidity problems. But all credit to Sayali who, despite losing the first game, came back strongly," said Trupti after the match.

Sayali, who is making her first appearance in the semifinals on the senior circuit, was ecstatic after the victory.

"Frankly, speaking I didn't expect to win because she won the first game quite comfortably. But in the middle of the second game when I won a few points at a stretch, I thought I can pull off the match," she said.

World No. 26 Saina will be up against third seed Aditi Mutatkar of Maharashtra in the next stage. Aditi, earlier defeated Assam's Abantika Deka 21-10, 21-11.