Talar storms into final with another upset victory

Talar Laa, seeded 12th, continued his rich vein of form, as he booked his place in the finals after defeating seventh seed Bodhit Joshi of Uttarakhand 21-15, 24-22 in the boys’ singles under-19 section of the 14th Union Bank All-India Junior Ranking badminton tournament at the KBA courts here on Thursday.

Talar will take on thirteenth seed Arintap Dasgupta of Air India in the title clash. Arintap got the better of eighth seed Sahil Sipani of Karnataka 21-10, 21-9 in the other last-four tie. Talar had defeated top seed Chirag Sen in the quarters.

Unseeded Prashi Joshi of Telangana beat fifth seeded Riya Mookerjee of Uttar Pradesh 21-18, 8-21, 21-14 to enter the summit clash of the girls’ under-19 singles category. Prashi will be up against top seed Shikha Gautam.

Results: Boys: under-19: Singles, semifinals: 12-Talar Laa (ANP) bt 7-Bodhit Joshi (UTR) 21-15, 24-22; 13-Arintap Dasgupta (AI) bt 8-Sahil Sipani (KTK) 21-10, 21-9. Quarterfinals: 12-Talar Laa (ANP) bt 1-Chirag Sen (AI) 18-21, 21-11, 21-18; 7-Bodhit Joshi (UTR) bt 3-Mithun M (AI) 15-21, 21-18, 21-14; 13-Arintap Dasgupta (AI) bt 4-Lakshya Sen (UTR) 21-12, 16-21, 21-10; 8-Sahil Sipani (KTK) bt Abhyansh Singh (UP) 21-12, 21-15.  Doubles: semifinals: 6-Bodhit Joshi/ Mithun M (UTR/AI) bt 1-Kapil Chaudhry/ Chandrabhushan Tripathi (UP) 21-17, 16-21, 21-10; 2-Chandra Kumar D/ Brijesh Yadav (AP/UP) bt Gouse Shaik/ Basheer Syed (AP) 21-13, 21-19.

Under-17: Singles, semifinals: 1-Lakshya Sen (UTR) bt 12-Abhyansh Singh (UP) 21-8, 21-12; 4-Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (DLI) bt 2-Arintap Dasgupta (AI) 21-17, 4-3 Retd. Quarterfinals: 1-Lakshya Sen (UTR) bt 5-Kiran George (KER) 21-13, 21-17; 12-Abhyansh Singh (UP) bt Rahul Patel (DLI) 21-16, 20-22, 21-18; 4-Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (DLI) bt 6-Arya Bhivpathaki (MAH) 21-8, 21-15; 2-Arintap Dasgupta (AI) bt 8-Adithya Bapineedu G (TS) 21-15, 21-13. Doubles, semifinals: 4-Gouse Shaik/ Basheer Syed (AP) bt 1-Sanjai Srivatsa D/ Sribalaji S (PY) 21-18, 17-21, 21-19; 2-Dhruv Kapila/ Sai Pavan Karri (PNB/AP) bt Amrith B/ John Dayas (KER) 21-14, 21-14.

Girls: under-19: Singles, semifinals: 1-Shikha Gautam (KTK) bt 7-Ashmita Chaliha (ASM) 21-9, 9-4 Retd.; Prashi Joshi (TS) bt 5-Riya Mookerjee (UP) 21-18, 8-21, 21-14. Quarterfinals: 1-Shikha Gautam (KTK) bt 8-Anura Prabhudesai (AI) 24-22, 21-16; 7-Ashmita Chaliha (ASM) bt 4-Kanika Kanwal (AI) 21-11, 21-17; 5-Riya Mookerjee (UP) bt Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) 21-16, 21-5; Prashi Joshi (TS) bt Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH) 21-13, 21-12.

Under-17: Girls Singles: Semifinals: 1-Ashmita Chaliha (ASM) bt 4-Tanishq M (AP) 21-18, 21-23, 21-8; 3-Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH) bt 2-Kanika Kanwal (AI) 21-18, 21-17.

Quarterfinals: 1-Ashmita Chaliha (ASM) bt Aakarshi Kashyap (CG) 18-21, 21-12, 21-8; 4-Tanishq M (AP) bt Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka (TS) 21-18, 14-21, 21-11;3-Vaidehi Choudhari (MAH) bt 6-Bhavya Rishi (AI) 21-13, 23-21; 2-Kanika Kanwal (AI) bt 8-Prashi Joshi (TS) 21-16, 16-21, 21-15