After clinching the first game 21-13, Castellino was pushed to the distance by Yadav in the second but he held his nerve to seal the game and quarterfinal match 21-19.
In another last-eight battle, Rajas Jawalkar overcome an opening game loss to oust Rishiket Yeligar 11-21, 21-7, 21-2. In the women’s category, GM Nischitha, Reshma Karthik, Poorvisha S Ram and Varsha V Belawadi entered the semifinals.
Results (all quarterfinals): Men: Rohan Castellino bt K Jagadish Yadav 21-13, 21-19; Rajas Jawalkar bt Rishiket Yeligar 11-21, 21-7, 21-2; Mohit Kamat bt Adarsh Kumar 21-19, 21-13; SDS Krishna bt Kamaldeep Singh 23-21, 21-18.
Women: GM Nischitha w/o Sonal B; Reshma K bt Ruth Mishra Vinod 21-14, 21-11; Poorvisha SR bt Shruthi R 21-12, 21-10; Varsha V Belawadi bt Priya Prakash 21-15, 16-21, 22-20.
Veterans: Men (45+): Jairam Pai bt Shiva Prasad V 21-14, 22-20; Vinay Siddaraj bt Sundara Murthy 21-16, 21-15; KP Vasanth Kumar bt Sudhakar Rai 21-11, 12-6 (retd).