MD Anup Kiran had a field day, storming into the semifinals of three categories -- men’s, boys’ under-19 singles and doubles -- in the III Narasimha Memorial State-ranking badminton tournament at the Malleswaram Association courts here on Monday.
In the men’s section, Anup sweated little while setting aside the challenge from Y Sumeeth in straight games 21-8, 21-4.
In the boys’ under-19 quarterfinal, Anup faced some resistance from Darshan Kulkarni before emerging a 21-14, 21-12 victor. Later in the day, Anup joined Pratik to make it to the doubles semis, vanquishing Prakash and Pratap 21-17, 21-14. 
Results (all quarterfinals):
Men’s singles: V Amar bt Darshan Kulkarni 21-8, 21-11; D Guruprasad bt Shashank Achar 21-13, 21-13; Mohit Kamat bt BS Phalgun 22-20-21-12; MD Anup Kiran bt Y Sumeeth 21-8, 21-4.
Boys under-19: MD Anup Kiran bt Darshan Kulkarni 21-14, 21-12; Dhruv Shanbag bt TR Jeevan 21-13, 21-19; Prakash Jolly bt Sonic Prabhudesai 22-20, 21-9; Prateek Khurana bt Prathap Menon 21-18, 19-21, 21-19.
Doubles: Anup Kiran/Pratik bt Prakash/ Pratap 21-17, 21-14; Jeevan/Adarsh bt Vaibhav/Bhushan 23-21, 21-13; G Swaroop/ Rishiket bt Abhijit/Aditya 21-11, 21-9; Darshan K/ Dhruv S bt Ajay Patil/ Suraj 15-21, 21-14, 21-10.
Under-13: S Siddarth bt Mithun Manjunath 21-14, 21-11; Shiv Nayar bt Vashista 21-11, 21-6; Viswanath Kiran bt Sreedhar R 21-15, 21-16; Rakshit bt Srivas 19-21, 23-21, 22-20.
Under-10: Mithun Manjunath bt Nikhil Sriram 21-5, 21-7; N Raghu bt Abhi Amudan 21-10, 21-19; Nirmith Kaushik bt Aditya Dadival 21-12, 21-19; Akash V Anvekar bt S Vignesh 21-15, 19-21, 21-9.
Girls under-13: Poorvisha bt Chinmayi Desai 21-12, 21-16; Reshma Karthik bt Devika Ravindra 21-9, 21-14; Anisha D Karumbaiah bt Nivya Uday 21-12, 21-8; Sindhu Bharadwaj bt Sanaita Udupa 21-18, 21-13.