JOIN USThird seed Venkatesh got the better of Adarsh after a tough battle, scoring a 14-21, 21-18, 21-18 win in the last four. Second seed Rishiket Yeligar had to sweat it out to beat fourth seed Jagadish Yadav 15-21, 21-12, 21-15 in the other semifinal.
In the women’s final, top seed Nischitha G M, who overcame third seed Ruth Misha V 21-18, 21-14, meets second seed Varsha Belwadi. Varsha booked a final berth after Reshma Karthik withdrew from the last four tie due to illness.
Results (prefix denotes seeding):
Men’s semifinals: 3-Venkatesh Prasad bt 1-Adarsh Kumar 14-21, 21-18, 21-18; 2-Rishiket Yeligar bt 4-Jagadish Yadav 15-21, 21-12, 21-15.
Quarterfinals: 1-Adarsh Kumar bt 5-Sanjeeth S 21-15, 21-15; 3-Venkatesh Prasad bt Irshad Khan 21-23, 21-14, 21-16; 4-Jagadish Yadav bt Abhishek Yeligar 21-9, 24-22; 2-Rishiket Yeligar bt Guruprasad D 21-13, 21-16.
Doubles (Quarterfinals): 1-Guruprasad D/ Vineeth Manuel bt 5-Irshad Khan/ Vishwas T S 21-10, 21-17; 3-Jeevan T R/ Sanjeeth S bt 6-Amith Kumar/ Karthikey K 21-18, 21-18; 10-Abhinand Shetty/ Srinath J R bt Naveen Ubhayakar/ Sachin Nedungadi 21-16, 21-17; 2-Adarsh Kumar/ Venkatesh Prasad bt 8-Abhishek Yeligar/ Gautham Bhat H S 21-8, 21-18.
Women’s semifinals: 1-Nischitha G M bt 3-Ruth Misha V 21-18, 21-14; 2-Varsha Belwadi w/o Reshma Karthik.