Abhishek,Reshma in semifinals

Karnataka’s Abhishek Yeligar fought back from a first game deficit to overcome third seed Pratul Joshi in the under-19 boys’ quarterfinals of the 36th National Junior badminton championships at the Sawai Man Singh stadium here on Friday.

Abhishek, seeded eighth, created an upset by ousting Joshi of Air India 10-21, 21-13, 22-20 to reach the semifinal stage. Abhishek will take on second seed C Rohit Yadav of Andhra Pradesh, who defeated seventh seed Aditya Joshi of Air India 21-18, 21-18.

Abhishek’s State-mate Reshma Karthik also made it to the girls’ under-17 last-four stage after the third seed edged past seventh seed Vijetha K of AP 22-20, 21-18 in the quarterfinals. But it was curtains for Arsheen Syeda Saadath, who went down to second seed Ruthvika Shivani G of AP 14-21, 21-15, 21-14.

Results (quarterfinals, prefix denotes seeding): Boys: U-19: 4-Srikanth K bt Harsheel Dani 21-11, 21-18; 1-Sameer Verma bt 16-Devansh Jaiswal 21-16, 21-16; 8-Abhishek Yeligar bt 3-Pratul Joshi 10-21, 21-13, 22-20; 2-Rohit Yadav C bt 7-Aditya Joshi 21-18, 21-18.

U-17: 1-Aditya Joshi bt Sudhanshu Medsikar 21-13, 22-20; 2-Harsheel Dani bt 5-Arshalan Naqvi 18-21, 21-12, 22-20; 11-Shlok Ramchandran bt 7-Shyam Prasad 21-14, 21-9; 4-Arun George bt Daniel S Farid 21-15, 21-14.

Girls: U-19: 5-Rituparna Das bt 3-Riya Pillai 21-17, 21-7; 2-Tanvi Lad bt Karishma Wadkar 21-13, 21-16; 1-Saili Rane bt 9-Daya Elsa Jacob 21-15, 21-18; 4-Arathi Sara Sunil bt 16-Lalita Katre 22-20, 21-10.

U-17: 2-Ruthvika Shivani G bt Arsheen Syeda Saadath 14-21, 21-15, 21-14; 3-Reshma Karthik bt 7-Vijetha K 22-20, 21-18; 4-Rituparna Das bt 8-Sara Naqvi 17-21, 21-14, 21-13; Karishma Wadkar bt Shriyanshi Pardeshi 16-21, 22-20, 21-18.